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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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Wirecard AG: an outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and supervisory failures, once again at the expense of investors and pension savers

It is with surprise that BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations representing financial services users read the headline on 18 June 2020 that Wirecard AG (“WD”), one of Europe’s FinTech ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Other, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

Joint BETTER FINANCE – BEUC letter on Collective Redress – HLF CMU: Representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of financial consumers as individual investors

BETTER FINANCE and BEUC published a Joint Public Letter concerning the collective redress file in light of the recently published Final Report of the High-Level Forum on the Future of ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

BETTER FINANCE response to the Consultation from the European Commission on the Review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the initiative of the European Commission (EC) to review the non-financial reporting directive. Currently, there are significant problems regarding the non-financial information disclosed by companies pursuant to ...
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/ Consultations, Financial Reporting & Audit, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Sustainabe Finance

The Report of the High-Level Forum on the European Capital Markets Union (CMU): European Savers one step closer to getting Sustainable Value for their Money

PRESS RELEASE The Report of the High-Level Forum on the European Capital Markets Union (CMU): European Savers one step closer to getting Sustainable Value for their Money Brussels, 10 June ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

European Commission helps shareholder engagement by rejecting the request led by financial intermediaries to delay the implementation of the new Shareholder Rights

Brussels, 4 June 2020 – On 29 April 2020 the heads of European and Member State organisations representing individual shareholders across Europe sent an Open Letter to the European Commission ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

European Commission Reply to Joint Open Letter “EU Investors against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II”

Below please find the European Commission Reply to the Open Letter by BETTER FINANCE and its members against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II ...
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/ Public Letters, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

BETTER FINANCE urges to put Employee Share Ownership at the core of efforts to tackle the Corona-induced financial crisis

Brussels, 22 May 2020 - With the current crisis calling for a tightening of the link between employees and their companies, especially in the case of SMEs, BETTER FINANCE’s member ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Sustainabe Finance

Open Letter to the European Commission – EU Investors against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights

The heads of European and Member State organisations representing individual shareholders across Europe sent an Open Letter to the European Commission opposing lobbying attempts by powerful financial intermediaries to postpone the ...
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/ Public Letters, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

CORONA PENSIONS? AGE Europe, BETTER FINANCE and CFA Institute call for Measures to protect pension contributions, savings and pay-outs

Brussels, 23 April 2020 - The necessary health, quarantine and social distancing measures taken to fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, are taking their toll on economies around the world. This ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

Initiatives taken to try and help EU Savers and Investors navigate the Economic Fallout from the Coronavirus epidemic

Brussels, 7 April 2020 - The continued spread of the COVID-19 virus around the world and the emergency confinement measures have severely disrupted capital markets. EU Citizens in their capacity ...
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/ Press Releases, Banking, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

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