Consultation Response on the EU Follow-on Prospectus and the EU Growth Issuance Prospectus

Targeted consultation on the reduced content and the standardised format and sequence of the EU follow-on prospectus and the EU growth issuance prospectus BETTER FINANCE welcomes the introduction of the ...
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Consultation Response to Taxonomy Delegated Acts to Make Reporting Simpler and Cost-Effective

BETTER FINANCE is committed to protecting the interests of individual investors and ensuring the integrity of sustainable finance. As such, we express our concerns regarding the proposed amendments to the ...
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/ Consultations, Sustainabe Finance

Neobrokers – Trading Fractions Reinventing Retail Ownership and Challenging Regulation

A BETTER FINANCE Focused Paper on Fractional Investing The rapid expansion of neobrokers across the European Union has fundamentally reshaped the retail investment landscape by introducing mobile-first, low-cost platforms characterised ...
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BETTER FINANCE Open Letter to UniCredit Board of Directors

BETTER FINANCE expresses serious concerns over the abrupt and unilateral termination of the financial instruments custody agreement between Zagrebačka banka (UniCredit) and VZMD (Pan-Slovenian Stakeholders' Association). The termination has left ...
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Principles for Transition Investing

A Guide for Effective Engagement and Voting Practices for Transition-Linked Equity Investment in Listed Companies The set of Principles developed by BETTER FINANCE and its Working Group Members, aims at ...
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BETTER FINANCE Answer to ESMA Consultation Paper on Draft RTS for the Establishment of an EU Code of Conduct for Issuer-Sponsored Research (Listing Act-MiFID)

Following the Listing Act Package, BETTER FINANCE strongly supports ESMA’s initiative to introduce an EU Code of Conduct (CoC) for issuer-sponsored research, developed under Article 24(3c) of MiFID II. The draft RTS ...
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BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Progress on the Savings and Investments Union

BETTER FINANCE, the public interest organisation representing European citizens as savers and investors, welcomes the European Commission’s communication on the Savings and Investments Union (SIU), alongside the draft report by ...
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Improving Retail Investment in the EU

Key points by civil society on the RIS trilogues from the individual investors' perspective. The Retail Investment Strategy was launched in May 2023, due to the realisation that consumers (i.e ...
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Consultation Response to EIOPA’s Proposal for Regulatory Technical Standards on Management of Sustainability Risks

BETTER FINANCE recognises EIOPA’s efforts to provide guidance on insurers’ sustainability risk plans and endorses many of the consultation’s proposals. BETTER FINANCE supports the proposal to incorporate a long-term climate ...
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Shareholder Engagement and Transition of Capital Flows

Executive Summary This report provides a comprehensive analysis of shareholder engagement and the transition of capital flows in Europe. Structured across five key chapters, each addressing critical aspects of shareholder ...
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/ Research papers, Sustainabe Finance