Feedback on the revision of the Injunctions Directive

BETTER FINANCE (BF) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment on the revision of the Injunctions Directive. The right to claim compensation and the right to access ...
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BETTER FINANCE response targeted consultation Injunctions. Collective Redress Targeted questionnaire on the revision of the Injunctions Directive

BETTER FINANCE's response to the Targeted Questionnaire on the Revision of the Injunctions Directive ...
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A “new deal” for consumers – will EU financial services users at last benefit from collective redress?

Earlier this year BETTER FINANCE called on policy makers to put an end to financial abuses by ensuring better public enforcement of conduct of business rules and introducing an EU-wide ...
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ESAs finally asked to report on the cost and past performance of long-term savings products

20 October 2017 – For years now, different research studies and reports by BETTER FINANCE have far too often come to the same conclusion: EU citizens as savers and investors ...
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ESAs – Proposed Reform of European Financial Supervision – Savers and Other Financial Services Users Risk Suffering More

20 September 2017 - The European Commission (EC) announced its proposal to improve the supervision of European financial services as well as its revision of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ...
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/ Press Releases, Supervision & Redress

Banca MPS and Individual Shareholders: Damage Mock And Guilty Conscience

BETTER FINANCE supports Azione MPS's position in BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA rescue plan ...
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A TWIN-PEAKS APPROACH TO THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL SUPERVISION: TURNING CONSUMER PROTECTION INTO A REAL PRIORITY

With up to 20 expert members taking part in the four stakeholder groups of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), including 3 vice-chairs, BETTER FINANCE is the user-side NGO that is ...
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PP – Response CONSULTATION ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES 160517

BETTER FINANCE has been and is the most involved user-side NGO with the ESAs’ work, with up to 20 expert members in the ESAs stakeholder groups, vice chairing three of ...
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Misselling of Financial Products in the EU – Briefing Paper 2017

This paper tries to assess the regulatory and, more importantly, the supervisory (public enforcement) developments regarding the actual protection of savers, individual investors and mortgage borrowers since the 2008 financial ...
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