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PEPP only called into question by finance industry due to high costs for intermediaries 22 September 2020 – The latest draft of the Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP) delegated (level 2) regulation was up for discussion last Friday during a broad and well-attended conference on the issue of PEPP and Financial Repression organised by consumer organisations

Back in November 2017 we formed an Alliance to voice our disappointment with the European Commission’s proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), and to make proposals to remedy the situation. The Alliance reiterated its main concerns in a joint statement in July 2018, following the report on the review by the

The European federation of retail investors, BETTER FINANCE, has criticised the new composition of stakeholder groups at the European supervisory authorities, branding it “a step backwards with regard to a balanced representation between industry and consumers in EU financial rulemaking.” Read the full article here.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published the new list of members of its Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG). The selected individuals begin a four-year term on 1 July 2020. The SMSG will provide ESMA with advice on its policy work and must be consulted on technical

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce that Edoardo Carlucci, Research and Policy Officer at BETTER FINANCE – the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users – was appointed as a member of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s (EIOPA) Consultative Expert Group on Digital Ethics in Insurance to represent individual savers and investors.

We are happy to announce that Christian Gülich, EU Policy Officer at the Bund der Versicherten (BdV), one of BETTER FINANCE’s German members, was appointed to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group. For more information, please see EIOPA’s website. With 17 user-side expert members from among its ranks in

BETTER FINANCE’s response to the questionnaire on the development of EU Ecolabel criteria for financial products.

On 6 December the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the new composition of its Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG). BETTER FINANCE thanks and congratulates ESMA for improving on the consumer and retail user representation within the SMSG, now at 11, up from 9 in the previous stakeholder group. To read the full

On 6 December the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the new composition of its Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG). BETTER FINANCE thanks and congratulates ESMA for improving on the consumer and retail user representation within the SMSG, now at 11, up from 9 in the previous stakeholder group.

On 17 July EIOPA, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority announced the new composition of its two “stakeholder groups”: the Insurance and Reinsurance one (IRSG), and the Occupational Pensions one (OPSG). BETTER FINANCE thanks and congratulates EIOPA for successfully “seeking to strengthen representation of consumers”, especially in the OPSG where up to now BETTER

The document serves as BETTER FINANCE response to selected questions of ESMA’s discussion paper on the implications of digitalisation for investor protection under MiFID II. The document “Discussion Paper on MiFID II investor protection topics linked to digitalisation” provided by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) focuses on various aspects of digitalisation in the

Any investment that seeks to incorporate sustainability elements alongside financial returns. You may hear sustainable investing referred to as ethical investing, impact investing, socially responsible investing, and values-based investing. While definitions of sustainability vary across jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks around the world, the basic tenet of sustainability refers to ESG factors (Environmental, Social, and Governance)

The platform is a forum for dialogue between policymakers, with the overall aim of increasing the amount of private capital being invested in environmentally sustainable investments. The ultimate objective of the IPSF is to scale up the mobilisation of private capital towards environmentally sustainable investments.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Definitions are constantly evolving around the key concepts of sustainability but jurisdictions, regulators, and international organisations around the globe agree on the common elements of each of the below.

GREAT RETURNS FOR GREAT VALUES What is sustainable investing? Any investment that seeks to incorporate sustainability elements alongside financial returns. The basic tenet of sustainability refers to ESG factors (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and has been used as a base for sustainable services, products and other investment activity. In the case of financial products, for

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of two new associate member organisations. The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion (Pörssisäätiö), based in Helsinki, and Financial Inclusion Europe (FiInE), based in Brussels, are the latest organisations to join BETTER FINANCE’s ranks, bringing the total number of member organisations to 39, of which 29 are based

Financial Inclusion Europe (FiInE) is a network of experts and academics committed to address financial exclusion by engaging in a dialogue among stakeholders and with EU institutions. The expert involved aim to increase the awareness and understanding of issues related to financial inclusion so to build strategies that can remove the main obstacles at stake.

European Commission Press Release – This document reflects the outcome of the high level dialogue between all participants of two round-tables on best practices organised in May and June 2020 by the European Commission in light of the COVID19 crisis. All participants agree to continue the dialogue on the COVID19 crisis and its impacts in

Collective Redress Directive – a directive for initiating court actions against companies who infringe consumers rights

Examining the treatment of retail holders of debt financial instruments, in the context of the BRRD and MiFID II, ESMA and EBA released a joint statement on the 30th of May. The joint statement is clear in its conclusion: “institutions and authorities must consider retail holders of debt financial instruments in resolutions”.  Based on data

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE’s Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, the economy, and for future generations. This will ensure Europe’s prosperity and security in a rapidly

In a recent Financial Times article, Guillaume Prache, Senior advisor at BETTER FINANCE, criticizes the use of Article 8 funds in sustainable investing. He argues that increasing the minimum sustainable investment percentage in these funds is ineffective and prone to greenwashing. These funds often oversimplify sustainability as mere ‘green activities’ and predominantly use an exclusion

The Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) started applying in March 2021 and requires financial market participants and financial advisers to disclose at entity and product levels how they integrate sustainability risks and principal adverse impacts in their processes at both entity and product levels. It also introduces additional product disclosures for sustainable financial products making

As part of the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), BETTER FINANCE has joined forces with ShareAction and other NGOs to launch an EU Elections Manifesto, urging EU policymakers to take bold action on sustainable finance. Within this manifesto, we have outlined our key recommendations for the upcoming European Commission: Accelerate investments in Europe’s transition to

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the horizontal and vertical dimensions represented in the objectives of the taxonomy. Furthermore, we would like to suggest expanding the horizontal dimension based on the promotion of gender equality which should not be based only on the gender pay gap but also on freedom of expression, assembly, etc.

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