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After Herz, a car-rental company based in Florida,  filed for bankruptcy in May 2019, some bankers  “jokingly” said that they “hope the company would sell a few hundred million worth of stock.” Unfortunately, it seems that this fit of sarcasm is slowly becoming a reality after judge Mary Walmarth ruled a bankruptcy court in favour of Herz, giving

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.

Dutch foundation to enable assertion of claims against EY Deutschland and EY Global – at no cost and risk-free. Amsterdam | Düsseldorf | Frankfurt, 06 April 2022 – Wirecard AG’s bankruptcy is likely one of the biggest economic scandals in German history. Within no time it became clear that the high-tech hopes for online payments

The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing opened applications for its 2022-2023 fellowship program: Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing J. Robert Beyster Fellowship, Louis O. Kelso Fellowship & Other Fellowships The Rutgers Institute for the Study of

“It’s true that political salesmen can market a mythology and iconography that entice people into privileging a religion, ethnicity, or nation as their fundamental identity. With the right package of indoctrination and coercion, they can even turn them into cannon fodder. That does not mean that nationalism is a human drive. Nothing in human nature

In last week’s extensive article entitled Pressures on Slovenia, Which Are Not Discussed Publicly (www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/pritiski-na-slovenijo-o-katerih-se-na-glas-ne-govori-81803.html), the leading newspaper (Delo) disclosed the continuous and ever greater pressures on Slovenia to withdraw from the investigation of these acts, despite reasonable grounds for suspecting that in the fall of 2013 the then heads of the Bank of Slovenia

    The goal of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users ‒ BETTER FINANCE (BF) ‒ is to act as an independent financial expertise center to the direct benefit of European financial services users. Those include individual and small shareholders, fund and other retail investors, savers, pension fund participants, life insurance policyholders,

For years now the active management of investment fund portfolios has suffered negative criticism with financial headlines relegating the failing practice to the dustbin of history. Following years of persistent failure by the majority of fund managers to outperform the market, the evidence in favour of index investing – also known as “passive” – is

Based on the famous Agatha Christie scenario, this tale takes place in Brussels at the heart of the Financial Institutions instead of the Orient Express. The story stems from a European regulatory initiative to neutralize the banks ‘at risk’ during a financial crisis and avoid a repeat of 2008. In 2014,  during Michel Barnier’s (European

The change in EU privacy rules, which would make it harder for lenders to collect and keep personal data, prompted a lobbying campaign against this move by banks. These maintain that the law would make it more difficult for them to detect fraud or automatically grant loans and would hurt online services. However, BEUC, the

In general, those who seek sustainable investing gain a more holistic view of the companies they support, which can help mitigate risk and identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Before investing, you should carefully examine which of the above approaches and which product best suits you and your needs. For example, are ecological aspects of

Faced with the risk of “regulatory capture”, six civil society co-signatories representing “small” savers and “minority” investors call on the President of the French Republic to reconsider the governance of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) The representatives of “l’Association Éthique et Investissement”, FAIR, Deontofi, RéseauCEP, “l’Association pour le Patrimoine et l’Actionnariat Individuel” and the “Fédération

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In June 2020, the Wirecard scandal unraveled, generating unprecedented retail investor detriment worth about €20 billion. BETTER FINANCE reacted, labelling it an “outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and supervisory failures”[1] and calling for an urgent reform of EU Audit Rules. The responsibility and liability of the external auditor is at stake. More than

 

In September 2015 the European Commission adopted an Action Plan setting out a list of over 30 actions and related measures to establish a Capital Market Union (CMU) by 2019. Despite the progress that has been made to date, Europe’s capital markets remain fragmented along national lines. The risk, with issues such as Brexit and the European

The EBA seeks to foster consumer protection in all EU Member States, by identifying and addressing consumer detriment in the financial services sector. By assessing the retail conduct of financial firms, the EBA also seeks to contribute to the stability, integrity and effectiveness of the financial system. One of the tasks of the EBA is

About our donation systems (Friends of Fund / TGE Network)BETTER FINANCE has been recognised as a public utility organisation by the belgian ‘King Baudouin Foundation’ (FRB/KBS), and is also part of the ‘Transnational Giving Europe’ (TGE) Network. You can make a general gift via: ◆ The “Friends of BETTER FINANCE Fund” (King Baudouin Foundation) [all

In an interview with the FT, Mr Hailer declares his intention to focus on the problems in the fund industry, notably the so-called closet tracking and the broader issue of whether asset managers do a good job for investors. The Bostonian is angry about closet tracking, a form of mis-selling where a fund charges high

A new research highlights the self-serving nature of the fund industry. One of the biggest problems with this industry is that the interests of the fund manager and the end investor are fundamentally misaligned. Further evidence of this mismatch between the interests of investors, managers and fund management companies is provided below: –    Struggling managers

The Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) compromise currently on the table for a European Parliament vote blatantly disregards the interests of retail investors and the establishment of a competitive Capital Markets Union (CMU). Should Ms Yon-Courtin’s proposed compromise be approved by the ECON committee on 20th March and subsequently put to a plenary vote one month

Business and individual investors organisations issue statement on the European Commission’s upcoming initiative on sustainable corporate governance. BETTER FINANCE joined ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), Invest Europe and SMEUnited in issuing this Joint Letter to the European Commission to convey our shared concerns regarding the upcoming proposal on sustainable

BETTER FINANCE issued a Joint Letter regarding the European Commission’s initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance. This communication asserts that leading European associations share a common perspective on the upcoming initiatives. Alongside BETTER FINANCE, co-signatories are EuropeanIssuers, ecoDa, European Family Businesses (EFB), Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), Invest Europe, SMEunited.

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

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

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

2 Degrees Investing Initiative* ...Read More A.D.A.M. – Association pour la défense des Actionnaires Minoritaires A.D.A.M. the Association of Minority Shareholders is an association founded in 1991 whose purpose is to defend the collective interests ...Read More ADICAE – Asociacion de Usuarios de Bancos Cajas y Seguros ADICAE is a Spanish consumer organisation specializing in