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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

BETTER FINANCE POSITION PAPER ON BANKING UNION

The Banking Union initiative has reduced the number and magnitude of bank failures and the recourse to taxpayers’ money. However, up to now, it has been focused on prudential objectives, ...
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/ Position papers & Consultations, Banking

ROBO ADVICE: A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD 2.0.

For the fourth year in a row BETTER FINANCE took a closer look at the emerging robo-advisory business from the perspective of individual investors and savers. This year 16 platforms ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), FinTech, Securities Markets & Trading, Sustainabe Finance

A Look Under the Hood 2.0.: Robo-Advice Holds Great Promise but Disappoints on Suitability

For years now BETTER FINANCE has been calling for Capital Markets to be returned to their natural participants: European households and EU Citizens as individual long-term savers and investors. Robo-advice ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), FinTech, Securities Markets & Trading, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE sends One Representative to the High-Level Forum on the CMU

Brussels, 26 November 2019 – On 18 November 2019, the European Commission (EC) announced the composition of its high-level forum on the Capital Markets Union (CMU). 28 experts from the ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Supervision & Redress

Green investment products should not be developed at the expense of EU Citizens as long-term and pension savers and should first of all ensure long-term and sustainable value creation

Brussels, 20 November 2019 - BETTER FINANCE Publishes its survey on “green” investment products in cooperation with Financial Analysts Besides addressing crucial environmental and social issues, the concept of sustainable ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE & CFA Institute Report on SUSTAINABLE VALUE FOR MONEY

Besides addressing crucial environmental and social issues, the concept of sustainable finance should translate into investment products that are exemplary in complying with EU investor protection, governance and conduct of ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

CMU Assessment Report 2015-2019

This Briefing Paper aims to provide a targeted assessment of the progress achieved by the European Union (EU) in establishing a Capital Markets Union after four years of implementation, and ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), CMU Barometer, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading

Lest more is done to attract EU Households into Capital Markets, the CMU project will fail

Brussels, 12 November 2019 – More than five years ago, the EU laid the foundation for a Capital Markets Union that would, at last, create the single market for capital ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

BETTER FINANCE response to ESMA’s Consultation Paper on Guidelines on Performance Fees in UCITS

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the recent efforts of ESMA to clarify and harmonise across the EU the provisions and supervisory practices on the management and transparency of information concerning UCITS and ...
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/ Position papers & Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Packaged Investment Products

Capital Markets Union given a New Breath of Life in New HLEG Report putting Sustainable Finance firmly at its Core

On 9 October the Next CMU High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) - composed of experts from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and Sweden who are charged by their ministers ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Sustainabe Finance