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Transition Investing: Key Challenges and Opportunities | 2024 Report

Executive Summary The global financial landscape is increasingly focusing on transition investing, a strategic approach to channelling capital towards aspiring sustainable economic activities. This paper provides an overview of the ...
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/ Research papers, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Raises Alarm: Is the EU’s Push for Securitisation Revival Putting Financial Stability at Risk?

Brussels | Press Release BETTER FINANCE, the leading voice for EU savers and individual investors, opposes the political push to "revive" the securitisation market in the European Union. In its ...
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Targeted Consultation on the EU’s Securitisation Framework

BETTER FINANCE, the main organisation representing EU citizens in their capacity of savers and individual investors, wishes to express its concerns with the political support for a "relaunch" or "revival" ...
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/ Consultations

Will You Afford to Retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2024 Edition | Country-by-Country

Was 2023 the year when European retail investors finally obtained the “fairer deal” that outgoing European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness had wished for them (McGuinness, 2023)? As far as long-term and ...
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/ Research papers

New Book “Activate Your Money” Launched in Multiple Countries to Empower Female Investors

18 November 2024, Brussels | Press Release Following an exciting international launch event in Brussels on Thursday, we are thrilled to announce the availability of the adapted and translated version ...
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/ Press Releases, Financial Education, Invest for Better Climate, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Key Aspects of Commissioner-Designate Albuquerque’s Vision but Urges Stronger Focus on Retail Investor Protections

Brussles, 8 November 2024 - Press Release BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the appointment of Ms Albuquerque as Commissioner-Designate for Financial Services following ...
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/ Press Releases, Banking, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Product governance & disclosures, Retail Investment Strategy, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE and DSW Advocate for a Return to In-Person Annual General Meetings in 2025

Despite the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, various DAX-listed companies have opted to continue with virtual-only formats for their annual general meetings (AGMs), with no return to in-person meetings. BETTER ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Unveils Troubling Trends in European Pensions with New Report

Brussels, 6 November 2024 - Press Release BETTER FINANCE has yesterday published the 12th edition of its annual pensions report, uncovering significant issues that threaten the future financial security of ...
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Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2024 Edition

Was 2023 the year when European retail investors finally obtained the “fairer deal” that outgoing European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness had wished for them (McGuinness, 2023)? As far as long-term ...
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/ Research papers

BETTER FINANCE Responds to ESMA’s Consultation on Technical Standards Specifying the Criteria for Establishing and Assessing the Effectiveness of Investment Firms’ Order Execution Policies

BETTER FINANCE submits its response to ESMA’s consultation on the Technical Standards specifying the criteria for establishing and assessing the effectiveness of investment firms’ order execution policies. While ESMA’s broader ...
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/ Consultations