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Euroshareholders

As part of BETTER FINANCE and through the EuroVote platform, Euroshareholders represents the interest of individual shareholders and seeks to improve corporate governance in the European Union.

EuroInvestors

BETTER FINANCE represents individual investors other than shareholders and keeps a close eye on crucial developments in terms of sustainable finance and the development of a Capital Markets Union.

EuroFinUse

BETTER FINANCE represents all other users of financial services across the European Union and works to improve horizontal issues such as supervision, enforcement and investor education.

Publications

Dismantling the Estonian Pension System is not the Answer

On Tuesday, 20 October 2020, the Supreme Court of Estonia ruled that the current government’s hotly contested pensions “reform” is not unconstitutional. The reform is set to dismantle the foundation ...
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/ Press Releases, Life Insurance & Pensions

BETTER FINANCE Response to the EC Consultation on the new Consumer Agenda

Corporate social responsibility and pro-environmentalism has gained importance among consumers too often providing incentives for producers to brand unsustainable products as green or environmentally friendly. Research on product labelling suggests ...
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/ Position papers & Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Response to the EC Consultation on EU Green Bond Standards

The green bond market has been growing rapidly in the recent years. But several issues are affecting this market and eroding investor confidence in this financial instrument. Ensuring transparency on ...
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/ Position papers & Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE feedback to the European Commission on Sustainable Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE warmly welcomes the European Commission initiative to improve the EU regulatory framework on company law and corporate governance. We consider that it has become imperative to reinforce the ...
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/ Position papers & Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Sustainabe Finance

Open Letter to the European Parliament requesting amendments to the Requirements for Application to the Erasmus+ Traineeship Grants

We are writing to you on behalf of BETTER FINANCE – The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, AEGEE–Europe (the European Students’ Forum) and EUROCHAMBRES – the Association ...
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/ Public letters, Other

European Parliament Reports on Capital Markets Union and Digital Finance: Retail Investors Finally at the Centre of EU Financial Policy?

Today the European Parliament (EP) voted on the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee’s own-initiative report on the further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU).[1] The report calls for ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Supervision & Redress

BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on Digital Finance Strategy

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the ECON’s legislative own-initiative report on Digital Finance assessing the regulatory and supervisory challenges on the digital financial market in order to guarantee a resilient digital financial ...
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/ Position papers & Consultations, FinTech, Robo-advice, Supervision & Redress

The Real Return 2020 – Country by Country

/ Research papers, Pensions Report - The Real Return

Booklet: Pension Savings: The Real Return – 2020 Edition

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/ Research papers, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Pensions Report - The Real Return

The Advent of Corona Pensions – 2020 is the Turning Point for Pension Policies

24 September 2020 - BETTER FINANCE releases the eighth edition of its report on the Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings, which marks a new milestone for the series, ...
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/ Press Releases, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Pensions Report - The Real Return