French Pension Fund Victims sacrificed again

400 000 French pension savers who have been the victims of an irresponsible and misleading strategy are being sacrificed once again. The French mutual UMR announced measures to try and ...
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BETTER FINANCE Response to EC Consultation on the Impact of IFRS in the EU

BETTER FINANCE published its response to the European Commission consultation on the impact of IFRS in the EU ...
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New EU legislation on shareholders rights: Many European shareholders will still not be able to vote whilst others will still have to pay to vote

The European Commission’s review of the shareholders rights directive is a good step forward, but, if not amended and improved upon by the European Parliament, will fail to fix the ...
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BETTER FINANCE Position on the Review of the Shareholder Rights Directive

BETTER FINANCE published its position on the review of the Shareholders Rights Directive ...
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BETTER FINANCE Response to ESMA Consultation on delegated acts required by the UCITS V Directive

UCITS are one of the most important retail investment products for investors. In general, BETTER FINANCE is in favour of reducing risks that are not directly linked to the assets ...
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BETTER FINANCE Response to ESMA Consultation Paper on the Draft technical standards on the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the draft technical standards on the Market Abuse Regulation. Widespread and large market abuses targeting mostly non-insider investors are indeed one of the main reasons for the ...
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New European Commission: important issues such as shareholder rights, corporate governance and employee share ownership at risk of relegation

BETTER FINANCE for all stands fully behind the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (EFES) - one of its member organizations - in its response to the European Commission’s proposed ...
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“Pension Savings: The Real Return” 2014 Edition

BETTER FINANCE published the 2014 Edition of the "Pension Savings: The Real Return". One can supervise only what one can measure: Why is this pension savings performance report (unfortunately) unique? ...
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Beware! Saving for your pensions may be losing you money.

The outlook for European citizens saving money for their pensions is far from encouraging. A new report on the gloomy status of private pensions in Europe was released today by ...
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