Individual Investors’ National Key Priorities 2024 – 2029

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE's National Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors ...
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Targeted consultation on the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR)

The Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) started applying in March 2021 and requires financial market participants and financial advisers to disclose at entity and product levels how they integrate sustainability ...
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/ Consultations

BETTER FINANCE answer to SRDs’ Targeted Consultation – Shareholder Rights Directives (European Commission/CSES)

BETTER FINANCE's full Response to the Targeted Consultation on SRDs - Shareholder Rights Directives (SRD1 and SRD2) for the European Commission by the CSES — [15 December 2023]. BETTER FINANCE ...
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Swiss Investor Protection Association, SASV, Joins Forces with BETTER FINANCE to Strengthen Advocacy for Swiss Investors in Europe

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce a new collaboration with SASV (Schweizerischer Anlegerschutzverein), the Swiss Investor Protection Association, further expanding its pan-European network. SASV is dedicated to promoting transparency within ...
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/ Press Releases

Prof. Pierre-Henri Conac appointed as Chair of the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Council

Brussels, 14 December 2023 – On December 11th, the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Council convened to discuss next year's research program and to elect a new chairperson. The Council recommended that ...
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/ Press Releases

Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2023 Edition

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous ...
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Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2023 Edition – Country-by-country

  • The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 - Austria
  • The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 - Belgium
  • The Real Return of Long-term and Pension ...
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BETTER FINANCE supports the FSUG statement on key topics during COP28

BETTER FINANCE supports FSUG's COP28 statement, calling on the European Commission to ensure the green transition burden isn't solely on citizens and communities. ⬇️ Read the full statement below ⬇️ ...
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/ Position Papers

Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2023 Edition – Executive Summary

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous ...
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