BETTER FINANCE Backs Cross-Sector Call for EU Code of Conduct to Tackle Online Fraud and Scams
BETTER FINANCE has joined a broad coalition of stakeholders calling on the European Commission to establish a dedicated Digital Services Act (DSA) Code of Conduct on online fraud and scams, ...
BETTER FINANCE and Partners Urge DG HOME to Act on Online Fraud and Scams
A multi-stakeholder DSA Code of Conduct on online fraud and scams is urgently needed Dear Executive Vice-President Virkkunen, Dear Commissioner Brunner, We write as a broad coalition of organisations concerned ...
BETTER FINANCE Warns Against “Retailisation” of Risky Private Markets as EU Pushes Citizens Towards Illiquid Investments
European retail investors are being encouraged to allocate a greater proportion of their savings to long-term investments, particularly in private markets and European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs). But new research ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to ESMA Call for Evidence on the Market Structure of European Equity Markets
BETTER FINANCE welcomes ESMA’s Call for Evidence on the market structure of European equity markets. While the questions are technical in nature, the key issue for retail investors should not ...
A New Route to Private Markets? Evaluating ELTIFs for Retail Access
This paper evaluates whether European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) are the most appropriate vehicle for expanding retail investor access to private markets under the EU’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) ...
Reykjavík Conference Highlights Need for Fairer Taxation to Protect Savers and Strengthen Retail Investment in Europe
On Thursday 18 June, policymakers, economists, investor representatives and market experts gathered at Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavík for BETTER FINANCE's international conference Protecting Purchasing Power: Taxation, Inflation and Investments ...
BETTER FINANCE’s Open Letter on ESRS Sent to Commissioner Albuquerque
Dear Commissioner Albuquerque, I am writing to you in my capacity as Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users. We are the EU-level ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission’s Citizens Omnibus Initiative on Reducing Administrative Burdens
BETTER FINANCE supports the Citizens' Omnibus initiative as an opportunity to ensure that EU financial services rules and markets work more effectively for individual investors, savers and pension beneficiaries. While ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the IAASB-IESBA Stakeholder Survey for 2028-2031 Strategy Period
BETTER FINANCE responds to the IAASB-IESBA Stakeholder Survey for the 2028-2031 strategy period from the perspective of European individual investors, savers and financial users. The SSBs should measure progress not ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission’s Revised Sustainability Reporting Standard for Voluntary Use (VSME)
BETTER FINANCE supports efforts to reduce disproportionate reporting burdens and recognises the importance of ensuring that sustainability reporting frameworks remain proportionate and operationally feasible. Simplification can contribute to the competitiveness ...
