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Our Research & Policy Aim

As a public interest organisation, BETTER FINANCE is committed to advancing the interests of individual investors and users of financial services throughout the European Union.

Our Goal

Our goal is to promote transparency, long-term value, and consumer protection in financial markets, ensuring that retail investors have a strong voice in policy discussions.

Our Approach

Working collaboratively with our member organisations, BETTER FINANCE undertakes rigorous analysis and research, engages in stakeholder consultations, and solicits expert contributions, resulting in well-informed, data-driven policy recommendations.

This approach ensures that EU financial regulations align with the interests of European citizens.

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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

BETTER FINANCE Feedback to EC Consultation on Taxonomy

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/ Consultations, Sustainabe Finance

Feedback on the draft technical advice on minimum requirements for the EU climatetransition benchmarks and the EU Parisaligned benchmarks and benchmarks’ ESG disclosures

On 18 June 2019, the Technical Expert Group (TEG) published its report on Climate Benchmarks and Benchmarks’ ESG Disclosures. The report recommends a list of minimum standards for the methodologies of EU Climate ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE response to the survey on collection of evidence on undue short-term pressure from the financial sector on corporations

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a questionnaire which aims to gather evidence on potential short-term pressures on corporations stemming from the financial sector. On December 2019, the findings ...
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/ Consultations, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Sustainabe Finance

Presentation of the Key Priorities 2019-2024 & Response from EU Political Parties

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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

EU Elections: Are politicians willing to help citizens to improve the long-term value of their savings?

With the European elections around the corner, BETTER FINANCE took stock of the developments over the last five years in matters of financial policy at the European level. Although some ...
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/ Press Releases, Banking, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE response to the EC Consultation on the Development of EU Ecolabel Criteria for Retail Financial Products

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the setting of mandatory criteria for the Ecolabel. The issue with any point system is that it may reveal gaps in correctly weighting the criteria for awarding ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Sustainabe Finance

2019 European Elections: EU Citizens as Investors and Financial Services Users want A NEW DEAL

BETTER FINANCE asks EU Politicians about their Key Priorities for the Next Five Years Press Release – Next May nearly 450 million Europeans across the EU will be called to ...
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/ Press Releases, Banking, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE response to the EU Commission’s Public Consultation on the update of the non-binding guidelines on non-financial reporting

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the update of the non-binding guidelines on non-financial reporting as a crucial step toward achieving the Paris agreement and the Sustainable Development goals by reorienting capital flows to ...
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/ Consultations, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE feedback to the EC’s questionnaire on the first round of climate mitigation activities

BETTER FINANCE provided feedback to the European Commission's ongoing work to develop the taxonomy as part of the action plan on financing sustainable growth ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Sustainabe Finance

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