BETTER FINANCE Responds to the Commission on the Proposed Revision of the SFDR
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to revise the SFDR and the move towards a clearer product categorisation framework. This is an important and necessary step towards improving legal ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the Commission’s Call on the Application of the “Do No Significant Harm” Principle
As the JRC found, DNSH is currently implemented through different methods, legal designs and assessment approaches across EU instruments. Public funding instruments use DNSH in different ways: to exclude harmful ...
BETTER FINANCE Feedback to the SIU | EU Rules to Foster Market Integration and Efficient Supervision (Master Regulation)
BETTER FINANCE supports the direction of the Master Regulation to integrate EU capital markets, with less cross-border friction and a stronger supervisory architecture. From our perspective, its value should lie ...
BETTER FINANCE Feedback to the SIU | EU Rules to Foster Market Integration and Efficient Supervision (Master Directive)
BETTER FINANCE supports the objectives of the MISP package and broadly welcomes the effort to remove barriers to cross-border activity and liquidity, streamline distribution, and reduce unnecessary intermediation, while preserving ...
Consultation Response to the Commission on European Venture and Growth Capital Funds Reform
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Commission’s continued efforts towards deeper, better integrated financial markets, where individual investors can find a greater diversity of cost-efficient investment opportunities. The Commission’s intention to review ...
Consultation Response on Draft Revised Guidelines on Reporting and Public Disclosure – Solvency II Review
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a Consultation Paper on the revised Guidelines on reporting and public disclosure. The proposals aim to keep the Guidelines fit for ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to EIOPA’s Call for Advice on Minimum Harmonisation of IGS in the EU
The European Commission sent the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) a Call for Advice on the possible minimum harmonisation of Insurance Guarantee Schemes (IGS) in the European Union ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission Feedback for Short-Form Prospectuses
BETTER FINANCE supports the EC’s objective to operationalise the Listing Act with shorter, reduced-burden prospectuses. We acknowledge the proposal to align further the “Follow-on” and the “Growth prospectuses” with the sequence of ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to European Commission on the Draft Delegated Directive amending MiFID II on Rules on Payment for Research and Execution Services
The European Commission is setting forth its delegated act that specifies new governance and transparency requirements for investment firms choosing between two distinct research payment models. These rules enact a choice: firms may continue to ...
BETTER FINANCE Response to the EFRAG’s Consultation on the Amended ESRS
Our response to the consultation on the amended European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) reflects both recognition of progress and concerns about what is still missing for individual investors. We welcome ...
