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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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BETTER FINANCE response to the OECD’s Public Consultation on Core Principles of Private Pension Regulation

BETTER FINANCE’s response to the OECD’s Public Consultation on Core Principles of Private Pension Regulation ...
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/ Consultations, Life Insurance & Pensions

European shareholders considering legal proceedings against Volkswagen

Representing VW shareholders, DSW, a member organization of BETTER FINANCE, is examining the possibility of legal proceedings on the grounds that VW violated its duty to immediately disclose all information ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Response to EIOPA Consultation Paper on the creation of a standardised PEPP

BETTER FINANCE published its response to EIOPA Consultation Paper on the creation of a standardised Pan-European Personal Pension product (PEPP) ...
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/ Consultations, Life Insurance & Pensions

“Pension Savings: The Real Return” 2015 Edition

Dear Visitor, Please note that this new version of the 2015 BETTER FINANCE Pensions Report corrects a few specific mistakes contained in the previous version. Please discard any previous version ...
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/ Research papers, Life Insurance & Pensions, Pensions Report - The Real Return

CMU Action Plan: positive but more could still be done to really tackle the loss of confidence of EU citizens as individual investors

BETTER FINANCE's press release on the CMU Action Plan communicated today by the European Commission is available here ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

European Pension Savings: Fees and taxes eradicate returns

BETTER FINANCE launched the third edition of its annual examination of the returns on pension savings in the EU. Our press release is available here ...
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/ Press Releases, Life Insurance & Pensions

BETTER FINANCE Response to the ESAs Joint Consultation on PRIIPs

BETTER FINANCE published its response to the ESAs Joint Consultation on in Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Packaged Investment Products

BETTER FINANCE Comments on the identification and calibration of infrastructure investment risk categories

BETTER FINANCE submitted comments on the identification and calibration of infrastructure investment risk categories to EIOPA ...
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/ Position Papers, Life Insurance & Pensions

European Parliament once again ignores individual shareholders rights

The new EU Shareholders Rights’ Directive is to be voted tomorrow 8 July. As it stands the proposal grossly ignores all the modest amendments called for by European individual shareholder ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Savers and individual investors should be at the heart of the upcoming CMU Action Plan

BETTER FINANCE sent a letter to Commissioner Hill expressing its concerns on the upcoming Capital Markets Union Action Plan and the involvement of retail investors in this initiative. The letter ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

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