BETTER FINANCE Response to EIOPA Consultation: Open insurance: accessing and sharing insurance-related data
BETTER FINANCE replied to the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority's (EIOPA) public consultation on open insurance, focused on access to and sharing of insurance-related data. In its Discussion Paper, ...
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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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The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) re-appoints BETTER FINANCE candidate as only Board Member representing Retail Investors
BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce that Jella Benner-Heinacher, the Deputy Chief Director of the Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz (DSW) and BETTER FINANCE Vice-President, was appointed to the Board of ...
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BETTER FINANCE Position on Crypto Assets and Distributed Ledger Technology
Regulations on Markets in Crypto Assets and the EU Pilot Regime for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based market infrastructures BETTER FINANCE welcomes the initiatives and efforts of EU public authorities ...
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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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European Financial Users further increase Participation in European Financial Policymaking
BETTER FINANCE is happy to announce that The European Banking Authority’s Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG) selected one of its previous vice-chairs, Alin Iacob, to join the BSG again. Alin Iacob ...
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BETTER FINANCE Response to the EIOPA survey on the application of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD)
As a first step towards the preparation of its report on the application of the IDD, EIOPA launched an initial survey addressed to external stakeholders, such as consumer associations, academics, ...
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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 Feedback on the Review of prudential rules for insurance and reinsurance companies (Solvency II)
BETTER FINANCE fully supports EIOPA's fundamental approach to preventing "green-washing" and "green bubbles". ESG investments must be submitted to the same risk assessment procedures (ORSA) as any other investment by ...
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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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