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BETTER FINANCE Response to EIOPA Discussion Paper on Conflicts of Interest in PRIIPs sales

BETTER FINANCE published its comments to EIOPA's Discussion Paper on Conflicts of Interest in direct and intermediated sales of insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions

London, 4 June 2014: the European financial consumer exclusion day?

BETTER FINANCE and other European organisations representing savers and financial users were quite disappointed by today’s «Consumer Protection Day » jointly organised by the three European financial Supervisory Authorities (Securities ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions

MiFID II: European individual investors again the losers of trialogue negotiations?

EuroFinUse’s German member organisation DSW sent out a letter to several MEPs to voice their concern related to the current status of the “trialogue” negotiations on the MiFID II Directive ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinUse Response to AMF and ACPR Consultation on Crowdfunding

EuroFinUse responded to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) public consultation on Crowdfunding. EuroFinUse believes the increasing popularity of Crowdfunding represents ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinUse Response to AMF Consultation on AMF 2013-2016 Strategy

EuroFinUse has responded to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) consultation on the AMF 2013-2016 Strategy. Our response is focused on the need for AMF to address the generalized loss ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinUse Position on the Lack of consolidated trade data and best execution for European private investors: six years and counting

Six years after MiFID Directive fragmented the European equity markets, private investors still cannot get consolidated pre- and post-trade data. EuroFinUse is very concerned that the EU has and is ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

Cyprus bailout reinforces financial repression

EuroFinUse strongly opposes the bank crisis approach of holding depositors responsible for bank failures. We therefore welcome the clarification of Mr. Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup, stating that -contrary to ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinUse Position Paper on Audit Reform and the proposed EU reforms

EuroFinUse believes there are a number of worrying features of the audit market. At a very fundamental level, we are concerned about auditor independence and professional scepticism. Potential conflicts of ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

New measures to ensure MiFID II capital market structures

In view of the most recent European Council Presidency progress report, EuroFinUse - the European Federation of Financial Services Users -identified room for improvement before the final MiFID II text ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinUse Position Paper on the proposals in MiFID II on capital market structures

EuroFinUse presented its position on the proposals in MiFID II on capital market structures. MiFID II proposal from the EC does not in EuroFinUse's view fix this major market fragmentation ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)