BETTER FINANCE reply to EIOPA’s Public Consultation on a ‘Framework to address value for money risk in the European unit-linked market’
BETTER FINANCE welcomes this unique initiative from EIOPA as an example of best practice in terms of supervision and investor protection, not only at the EU level but on the ...
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NGO recommendations for a sustainable EU retail investment policy
It is very welcome that the Commission prepares both a Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy for July 2021, and an unprecedented, horizontal Retail Investment Strategy for early 2022. This briefing focuses ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to ESMA’s Consultation on Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID II appropriateness and execution-only requirements
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the initiative of ESMA to clarify certain aspects related to the application of the MiFID II provisions on the appropriateness test and requirements for execution-only services. In ...
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BETTER FINANCE’s feedback to the European Commission Consultation on the Establishment of a European Single Access Point (ESAP)
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create a unique digital platform - a European Single Access Point - for investors to access all information about issuers of financial instruments ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the EC Public Consultation on the Review of European Long-term Investment Funds
The EU regulates two main mutual fund types: UCITS (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, the most “popular” among EU individual investors) and AlFs (alternative investment funds). AIFs are ...
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Joint BETTER FINANCE and CFA Institute Statement on the overdue PRIIPs Regulation review and UCITS funds’ exemption
EU authorities should prioritise the long overdue full PRIIPs Regulation review, and the UCITS funds’ exemption should be extended until this review is completed, as intended by EU Law. The ...
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BETTER FINANCE Response to the European Commission Public Consultations on the Review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
The European Commission (EC) launched two separate public consultations on the review of the regulatory framework for alternative investment funds (AIFs) and European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs). However, since ELTIFs ...
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BETTER FINANCE ELTIF Research & Policy Report
This study is part of the BETTER FINANCE #FundResearch project, a research activity aimed at providing qualitative and quantitative assessments of the EU market for “retail” investment funds, focusing on ...
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BETTER FINANCE corrects PensionsEurope’s mudslinging allegations on Bulgarian pension returns
On 25 September 2020, BETTER FINANCE released the eighth edition of its research report on the Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings. More than a month later, on 5 ...
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Wirecard abuse review by ESMA reveals significant failures and conflicts of interests in national financial supervision and the need for effective collective redress for abused investors
BETTER FINANCE thanks the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for its “peer review” report on the Wirecard scandal. It is quite revealing of the many failures and conflicts of ...
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