BETTER FINANCE presents its Evidence Paper on Banning Inducements in retail investment services. BETTER FINANCE screened available evidence (literature, surveys, experiments, and data) on the effects of allowing vs banning the receipt of inducements by distributors of retail investment services and products. Inducements designate remunerations, such as commissions or kickbacks, paid by third-party financial firms to
In June 2021, the German Association of Insured (BdV), together with the analyst Carsten Zielke and the European consumer organisation BETTER FINANCE, presented the results of their analysis of the current SFCR (Solvency and Financial Condition Report) of selected European life-insurers. Following up on this, BETTER FINANCE and BdV discussed their methodological approach, the interpretation
More than a year after the entry into force of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and of the Regulation on Key Information Document for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs KID), BETTER FINANCE sought the views and experience of its member associations and their individual members on the effectiveness of
The Real Return 2021 – Austria The Real Return 2021 – Belgium The Real Return 2021 – Bulgaria The Real Return 2021 – Croatia The Real Return 2021 – Denmark The Real Return 2021 – Estonia The Real Return 2021 – France The Real Return 2021 – Germany The Real Return 2021 – Italy The
BETTER FINANCE published the ninth edition of its “Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings report | 2021 Edition”. Download the report in English for free here. Should you like to order a physical copy please contacts us at info@betterfinance.eu. This year there is also a user-friendly online interface showing the nominal and real net
In the study about the Solvency and Financial Condition Reports (SFCRs) – that have to be disclosed under the Solvency II Directive (Art. 51) – we take a closer look at eight different figures that are calculated and rated: Transparency, expressed on a point scale (from -2 to 19); Solvency ratio, expressed as a percentage
Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE found that online equity market data published by the four largest EU equity markets in 2019 are de facto not or just partially accessible to non-professional users. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)