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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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Open Letter: Need for Joint Statement on Keeping European Markets Open

[...] The undersigned associations are writing to emphasise the importance of keeping the European financial markets open during this extraordinary time of the COVID-19 health crisis. Financial markets are critical ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Securities Markets & Trading

Alliance Letter to the EP, EC & EU-Council on the Reform of the European Supervisory Authorities and financial consumer protection – factual mistake in the revision of the EIOPA Regulation to the detriment of financial consumers

Back in November 2017, we formed an Alliance to voice our disappointment with the European Commission's proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), and to make proposals ...
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/ Public Letters, Supervision & Redress

Open Letter to DG FISMA: Deficiencies of the Slovenian Market in Financial Instruments Act

At BETTER FINANCE, we closely monitor various Member States’ legal frameworks regarding the rights of individual investors and minority shareholders. We firmly believe that among the most important rights of ...
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/ Public Letters

Letter to the Council: Reform of the European Supervisory Authorities and financial consumer protection

We are writing to express serious concerns over the Council of the EU proposal for reforming the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and urge you to grant them real power related ...
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/ Public Letters, Supervision & Redress

BETTER FINANCE statement on a proposed amendment to the PRIIPs Regulation – EP & Council Meeting

On 21 November 2018, Guillaume Prache, Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE was asked by the ECON Committee of the European Parliament to make a statement on a proposed amendment to ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Packaged Investment Products

Reservations regarding the proposed Market in Financial Instruments Act (ZTFI-1)

We are alarmed that for the second time in less than two years the Republic of Slovenia moves to curtail the options available to minority shareholders to mitigate the burden ...
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/ Public Letters, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Joint Statement: ECON’s draft report on the review of the European Financial Supervisors: disappointing for European NGOs and financial services user

On Tuesday 10th of July, the European Parliament co-rapporteurs published a disappointing draft report on the review of the European System of Financial Supervision: not only lacking any ambitious changes ...
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/ Public Letters, Supervision & Redress

Proposal for the EU financial supervisory reform

Last September the European Commission published its proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – ESAs). The aim is to reform the ESAs’ mandate, ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Uncategorised

Open Letter: “MiFID II rules for ‘Systematic Internalisers’ will hurt European investors”

In principle, European individual Investors welcome the introduction of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). However, given BETTER FINANCE’s priority to ensure the protection of individual European ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

Banco Popular – AEMEC announcement

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF BANCO POPULAR: protect your investment in Banco Popular ...
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/ Public Letters, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

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