BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Key Aspects of Commissioner-Designate Albuquerque’s Vision but Urges Stronger Focus on Retail Investor Protections
Brussles, 8 November 2024 - Press Release BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the appointment of Ms Albuquerque as Commissioner-Designate for Financial Services following ...
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BETTER FINANCE Welcomes EU Financial Services Commissioner-designate’s Focus on Savings and Investment Union
On 17 September, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, unveiled the new proposed College of Commissioners, nominating Maria Luís Albuquerque as the new EU Commissioner for Financial ...
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European Financial Supervisors Listen to Investors and Propose Simplified Categories for Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
Press Release - 25 June 2024 European financial supervisors have taken a proactive stance in their Opinion on the assessment of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), addressing concerns raised ...
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BETTER FINANCE Urges Industry Innovation: Prache and McGuinness Find EU Financial Industry Proposals Disappointing and Call to Prioritise Consumer Outcomes at EU Retail Investment Roundtable
Guillaume Prache, Founder and Senior Advisor at BETTER FINANCE, brought his expertise to the forefront today as he addressed representatives of the financial industry at a roundtable on retail investment ...
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BETTER FINANCE’s Response to EIOPA’s Consultation on Prudential Treatment of Sustainability Risks
EIOPA analyses sustainability risks using both backward-looking historical data and forward-looking model assessments to evaluate the need for specific prudential treatment of transition risks. The analysis focuses particularly on equity ...
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BETTER FINANCE supports the FSUG statement on Value for Money in Retail Investments
BETTER FINANCE endorses the FSUG's call for improved 'Value for Money' in retail investments. The focus is on enhancing the effectiveness of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) to ...
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Individual Investors’ National Key Priorities 2024 – 2029
Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, economy, and future generations. This ...
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Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 | Sustainable Savings & Investments Union: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises & Planet
⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE's Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Savings and Investments Union’s (SIU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, ...
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Transition investing: key challenges and opportunities
Transition investing refers to capital needed to improve economic activities, that are not environmentally friendly at present. Such capital supports the development of innovation and infrastructure, enabling current activities to ...
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BETTER FINANCE position on the transparency of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities
The draft Regulation on ESG ratings proposed by the European Commission in June 2023 aims to establish a framework and tackle structural issues by combating possible conflicts of interests, imposing ...
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