Shareholder Rights Directive II fails to deliver for European cross-border shareholders
To ensure sustainable development and a brighter future, shareholder engagement must be given a chance! Despite the entry into force of the Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) in September ...
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Expropriation of Investors in Slovenian Banks ruled a Violation of Property Rights by European Court of Human Rights
BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, joins its Slovenian Member, the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD), in welcoming the recent ruling by the European Court of ...
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Empower the new generations of EU citizens as pension savers to engage corporations into a Sustainable Corporate Governance
BETTER FINANCE strongly supports the goals of the new initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance launched by the European Commission in order to reconcile economic growth, social progress, corporate governance and ...
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Joint Press Release of Investors and Business Organisations on Sustainable Corporate Governance
Business and individual investors organisations issue statement on the European Commission’s upcoming initiative on sustainable corporate governance. BETTER FINANCE joined ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges ...
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Joint Letter of Investors and Business Organisations on Sustainable Corporate Governance
BETTER FINANCE issued a Joint Letter regarding the European Commission’s initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance. This communication asserts that leading European associations share a common perspective on the upcoming initiatives ...
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Capital Markets Union at Risk as European “Retail” Investors have less and less access to Equity Market Data
Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE [1] found that online equity market data published by the ...
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Consumer Access to EU Equity Trade Data
Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE found that online equity market data published by the ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the EC Consultation on Sustainable Corporate Governance
BETTER FINANCE considers the aim of the EC Commission to establish a European framework on Sustainable Corporate governance in order to better hold directors accountable to long-term oriented stakeholders praiseworthy ...
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BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on the Intra-EU Investment Facilitation Initiative
With the termination of the intra-EU bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in 2020 – which received significant criticism for overlapping with the EU single market rules – the EC launched an ...
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The 2020 shareholder meetings harmed shareholder rights and often severely
The annual general meeting (AGM) is the cornerstone of shareholder democracy and an essential part of sound corporate governance. Not only are AGMs the place where shareholders get to vote ...
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