BETTER FINANCE (BF) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment on the revision of the Injunctions Directive. The right to claim compensation and the right to access to justice should not remain theoretical for consumers and investors. It is especially important in the area of financial services where quite technical and complex
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Commission’s proposed regulation as regards the procedures and authorities involved for the authorization of CCPs (central counter parties) and requirements for the recognition of third-country CCPs. BETTER FINANCE supports the main elements of this proposal introducing a more pan-European approach to the supervision of EU and
The Regulation on cross-border payments equalised fees for cross-border and national payments in euro within the EU. However, payments involving currencies of EU Member States other than the euro are not covered by the Regulation, unless Member States extended the regulation to their national currency on a voluntary basis. The Regulation gives the option to
BETTER FINANCE agrees with EBA’s suggestion to investigate these different regulatory treatments applied to FinTech firms who are offering similar financial services in Europe. It would in fact be interesting to investigate the approaches of the monitoring of the FinTech sector in order to ensure that risks are appropriately identified and addressed.
The EC’s goal to assess whether the supervisory reporting requirements are “fit for purpose” appears to be a good initiative. However, BETTER FINANCE would like to stress that reducing the burden of supervisory reporting requirements should not happen at the expense of financial services users and individual investors.
The European Commission’s Expert Group on Corporate Bonds issued its final report on improving European corporate bond markets. “Liquid, transparent and accessible corporate bonds markets in Europe would benefit both real economy entreprises and individual investors as a performing alternative to fee-laden packaged retail bond products such as retail bond funds. BETTER FINANCE regrets that
Last September the European Commission published its proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – ESAs). The aim is to reform the ESAs’ mandate, governance and funding to underpin the Capital Markets Union, the EU’s flagship project in the area of investments. As the major EU public interest organisations
BETTER FINANCE’s response to the Targeted Questionnaire on the Revision of the Injunctions Directive
The creation of a more predictable, stable and clear regulatory environment to incentivise investments is one of the key objectives of the third pillar of the Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe. The Capital Markets Union (CMU) action plan is part of this third strand. The Mid-term review of the CMU action plan further emphasises that
30 October 2017 – BETTER FINANCE thanks ESMA for its study on the impact of fees and inflation on fund performance. The ESMA study is yet another confirmation of the independent research published every year by BETTER FINANCE on the real return of long-term and pension savings. BETTER FINANCE is also happy that ESMA is