BETTER FINANCE Responds to Commission’s Consultation on the Update of the Rules on Shareholder Rights
For individual investors, a reviewed European shareholder rights framework (moving from SRDII towards an SRDIII, or best, in part as an SRR regulation) must finally make AGM participation – or ...
EU Pension Reform: BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Improvement But Warns Savers Still Lack Power, Transparency, and Fair Returns
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s new “Supplementary Pensions Package”, which includes proposed reforms to occupational pensions (IORP II), the Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP), and new recommendations on pension tracking ...
BETTER FINANCE’s Key Positions on the Commission’s Proposals on Supplementary Pensions
BETTER FINANCE warmly welcomes the European Commission’s legislative proposals amending the EU’s framework on supplementary pensions—the IORP II Directive and the PEPP Regulation—as well as the set of recommendations it ...
Annual Report 2025
2025 was a year of sustained engagement for BETTER FINANCE. The federation increased its efforts in advocacy, research, and outreach activities on behalf of individual savers, investors, and financial services ...
BETTER FINANCE Response to the Review of the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act Technical Screening Criteria
The EU Taxonomy plays a central role in the EU sustainable finance framework by providing a common classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Its purpose is to help investors, companies and ...
BETTER FINANCE Response to the Review of the EU Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act Technical Screening Criteria
The EU Taxonomy plays a central role in the EU sustainable finance framework by providing a common classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Its purpose is to help investors, ...
EU Sustainable Finance Rules Must Deliver Clarity, Credibility and Real Impact for Citizens, Says BETTER FINANCE
BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to revise the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), stressing that the reform must put ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to Commission’s Legislative Proposal on PEPP
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Commission’s proposals to amend the Regulation on a Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP) product. As longtime supporters of the PEPP, we are pleased to see that the Commission remains committed to ensuring that a simple, cost-efficient ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to Commission’s Legislative Proposal on IORPs
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Commission’s proposed amendments to the IORP II framework. Occupational pension schemes hold great potential to improve European citizens’ retirement income as well as to deepen the EU’s capital markets, ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the Commission on the Proposed Revision of the SFDR
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to revise the SFDR and the move towards a clearer product categorisation framework. This is an important and necessary step towards improving legal ...
