BETTER FINANCE position on the Retail Investment Strategy
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the proposal for the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) put forward by the European Commission (EC) on 24 May 2023. We fully share the goals that the EC ...
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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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Sustainability recommendations from NGOs for the PRIIPs revision
The Briefing Paper by BETTER FINANCE, 2° Investing Initiative and WWF focuses on the Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance-Based Products (PRIIPs) Regulation and provides recommendations for sustainability disclosure. While a ...
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BETTER FINANCE position on the classification of investment funds regarding sustainability
EU Law rightly requires information provided to individual investors to be clear, i.e., “presented in a way that is likely to be understood by, the average member of the group ...
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BETTER FINANCE joint position paper on sustainability requirements in Solvency II
"BETTER FINANCE together with ShareAction, the German Association of the Insured BdV, Urgewald and WWF European Policy Office react to the Solvency II review on related sustainability requirements. Solvency II, ...
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BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on the EU Retail Investment Strategy (executive summary)
The European Federation of investors and Financial Services Users fully supports the clear stated objectives of the European Union’s very welcome “Retail Investor Strategy”. Before the European Commission's proposal is ...
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BETTER FINANCE letter accompanying its response to EFRAG on its draft EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
BETTER FINANCE published a letter accompanying its response to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) on its draft EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). In light of the proposals put ...
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For a “Consolidated Tape” of Capital Market Trades that brings Value to Individual Investors
Available data and evidence show significant increases in the trading and investing activity of EU households, sparked by a new wave of young, previously inactive, non-professional investors. Many EU retail ...
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Transparency and Best Execution for Retail Traders and Investors
Retail trading must be simple, transparent, cost-efficient, and done in the best possible conditions for individual, non-professional (“retail”) investors. To achieve this, BETTER FINANCE puts forward a series of recommendations ...
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