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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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Individual Investors’ National Key Priorities 2024 – 2029

Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, economy, and future generations. This ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Reporting & Audit, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 | Sustainable Savings & Investments Union: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises & Planet

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE's Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Savings and Investments Union’s (SIU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Other, Packaged Investment Products, Product governance & disclosures, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

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, Sustainabe Finance

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, BETTER FINANCE, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Unveils Key Insights on EU Transition Investing

BETTER FINANCE, a leading advocate for investor rights and financial transparency, has released a position paper on transition investing, emphasizing its importance in achieving climate neutrality in the EU. The ...
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/ Press Releases, Sustainabe Finance

Transition investing: key challenges and opportunities

Transition investing refers to capital needed to improve economic activities, that are not environmentally friendly at present. Such capital supports the development of innovation and infrastructure, enabling current activities to ...
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/ Research papers, Product governance & disclosures, Sustainabe Finance

Joint Letter: Call for an ambitious EU ESG ratings Regulation

BETTER FINANCE, alongside other NGOs, urges members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee to ensure that the new ESG Regulation improves the reliability, comparability and transparency of ESG Ratings ...
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/ Public Letters, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE position on the transparency of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities

The draft Regulation on ESG ratings proposed by the European Commission in June 2023 aims to establish a framework and tackle structural issues by combating possible conflicts of interests, imposing ...
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/ Position Papers, Sustainabe Finance

Diluted European Sustainability Reporting Standards Raise Greenwashing Concerns

The European Commission has issued the Delegated Act on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to enhance transparency in sustainability reporting by companies ...
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/ Press Releases, Product governance & disclosures, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Response to the Joint ESAs Consultation on the review of SFDR Delegated Regulation

BETTER FINANCE supports the newly suggested mandatory social indicators under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which aim to measure principal adverse impacts (PAI). It is crucial for these indicators ...
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/ Consultations, Sustainabe Finance

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