BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce a new collaboration with SASV (Schweizerischer Anlegerschutzverein), the Swiss Investor Protection Association, further expanding its pan-European network. SASV is dedicated to promoting transparency within the Swiss capital market and advancing investor rights. This partnership with BETTER FINANCE aims to bolster the representation of Swiss individual investors and shareholders on
The “Swiss Association for the Protection of Investors” (Schweizerische Anlegerschutzverein) is committed to transparency on the Swiss capital market and the promotion and enforcement of investor rights in Switzerland. Its purpose is to protect the interests of investors with regard to financial investments and to support them in the enforcement of their corporate and economic
This new statement follows on an earlier case where VZMD, the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders Association, opposed pressure on its ‘Share SUPPORT’ programme by a brokerage industry player, harming the minority, individual shareholders it aims to represent. Today, VZMD pointed to further shortcomings and misleading claims made by the ATVP (The Slovenian Securities Market Agency) against its
BETTER FINANCE Member VZMD makes Objections Public in OPEN LETTER to the CEO of the Slovenian Securities Market Agency (ATVP), the national competent Authority In a press release at the end of 2021, VZMD – the Pan-Slovenian Shareholder Association and BETTER FINANCE Member – drew attention to the mass dissemination of letters and “innovative” offers
Hellenic Investors Association is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in 2017 in Athens, with hundreds of active members and the Leader in Shareholder Activism in Greece. Helinas is a full member of BETTER FINANCE.
A.D.A.M. the Association of Minority Shareholders is an association founded in 1991 whose purpose is to defend the collective interests of investors. Its President Colette Neuville represents about 5,000 members as major investors from all countries. A.D.A.M. is a full member of BETTER FINANCE.
FAIDER is the French federation of investor and life insurance policyholder associations. It is a Federation of 15 associations counting in turn about 1.5 million individual members. FAIDER is a full member of BETTER FINANCE.
Epargne retraite France : La gouvernance du COREM (ex CREF) pourrait enfin s’améliorer … 21 ans après sa création et la destruction de plus de moitié de la valeur réelle des droits de ses adhérents 4 février 2003 | Une demande répétée des épargnants depuis plus de 20 ans enfin satisfaite ? Le COREM vient d’annoncer qu’à
The EU Commission has announced to work on an audit reform in the aftermath of the Wirecard scandal. ” Wirecard has clearly illustrated what can happen if the three lines of defense – Internal Control System, good corporate governance incl. a strong Supervisory Board and the external audit fail to perform. This is a major issue
Dozens of Volkswagen AG officials in Germany have hired U.S. criminal defense lawyers as the Justice Department ramps up meetings with managers to gather evidence that may lead to charges against executives, people familiar with the matter said. U.S. authorities have traveled to Germany to arrange interviews with managers and seek cooperation in their probe
17 March 2016 – Today ADICAE, the Spanish association representing financial end users and BETTER FINANCE member, will reveal the truth that has so far been hidden behind some statements uttered by Bankia’s president at its shareholders’ meeting. The consumer association will shed light on the actual terms of the ‘offer’ by Goirigolzarri to
La Commission européenne doit dévoiler prochainement des normes techniques de réglementation ("RTS", en jargon bruxellois) relatives au "règlement sur les documents d’informations clés relatifs aux produits d’investissement packagés de détail et fondés sur l’assurance" (communément appelés "PRIIPs"). Ce texte, qui rentrera en vigueur le 1er janvier 2017, oblige les banques, les fonds d’investissement et les
Lundi 23 mars 2015, la FAIDER (Fédération des Associations Indépendantes de Défense des Epargnants pour la Retraite) organise les États généraux de l’épargne retraite à la Maison de la Chimie à Paris pour son 10ième anniversaire. La conférence discutera de la place pour l’épargne retraite, nouvelles pistes pour l’épargne retraite, ainsi que du cadrage économique et d’une
BETTER FINANCE’s "Pension Savings: The Real Return" was mentioned in an article in L’Argus d’Assurance.com. The findings of the report echoed in the French media following our press conference in Paris on October 30. The event, organized by FAIDER, the Fédération des Associations Indépendantes de Défense des Epargnants pour la Retraite and BETTER FINANCE’s French member organization,
On October 27, ATM, the Portuguese Investors Association and member of BETTER FINANCE, filed two class actions in the Administrative Court of Lisbon in defense of small shareholders and holders of subordinated bonds of Banco Espirito Santo, aggrieved by the decisions taken by the Portuguese State that determined the creation of the New Bank with assets held
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