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Our Research & Policy Aim

As a public interest organisation, BETTER FINANCE is committed to advancing the interests of individual investors and users of financial services throughout the European Union.

Our Goal

Our goal is to promote transparency, long-term value, and consumer protection in financial markets, ensuring that retail investors have a strong voice in policy discussions.

Our Approach

Working collaboratively with our member organisations, BETTER FINANCE undertakes rigorous analysis and research, engages in stakeholder consultations, and solicits expert contributions, resulting in well-informed, data-driven policy recommendations.

This approach ensures that EU financial regulations align with the interests of European citizens.

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Greek individual investors join BETTER FINANCE via HELINAS

4 December 2020 – BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of a new member organisation in Greece. HELINAS, the Hellenic Investors Association, is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in ...

4th December 2020 / Press Releases, Other

Open Letter to the European Parliament requesting amendments to the Requirements for Application to the Erasmus+ Traineeship Grants

We are writing to you on behalf of BETTER FINANCE – The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, AEGEE–Europe (the European Students’ Forum) and EUROCHAMBRES – the Association ...

9th October 2020 / Public Letters, Other

BETTER FINANCE – Annual Report 2019

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2nd July 2020 / Annual Reports, Other

Wirecard AG: an outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and supervisory failures, once again at the expense of investors and pension savers

It is with surprise that BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations representing financial services users read the headline on 18 June 2020 that Wirecard AG (“WD”), one of Europe’s FinTech ...

1st July 2020 / Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Other, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

BETTER FINANCE – Annual Report 2018

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9th August 2019 / Annual Reports, Other

BETTER FINANCE celebrates its 10-year Anniversary & elects Axel Kleinlein from the German BdV as its new President

At the beginning of the week, BETTER FINANCE and its Member Organisations gathered in Bucharest, Romania, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services ...

4th April 2019 / Press Releases, Other

BETTER FINANCE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

BETTER FINANCE is honoured to announce the establishment of the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Committee to further support and strengthen its research activities. The Scientific Committee consists of highly skilled and ...

22nd March 2019 / Press Releases, Other

BETTER FINANCE Key Priorities for the Next Five Years │ 2019-2024

A strong European CMU requires the trust of citizens as individual investors, policy holders, pension savers and other savers. And defusing the pensions time bomb requires positive and decent real ...

21st March 2019 / Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Other

BETTER FINANCE – Annual Report 2017

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10th September 2018 / Annual Reports, Other

BETTER FINACNE Feedback on the Commission’s Proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 01/01/2021-31/12/2027

BETTER FINANCE welcomes this opportunity to comment on the proposal for a regulation establishing the programme for a single market and competitiveness of enterprises which will continue to support the ...

21st August 2018 / Consultations, Other

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