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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 Additional Consultation Questionnaire for users of financial statements – Revised IASB Exposure Draft Leases

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/ Consultations, Financial Reporting & Audit

BETTER FINANCE Response to ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Consultation Paper

BETTER FINANCE presents its response to ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Consultation Paper and addresses two main problems: the sale and distribution of unsuitable, inappropriate or toxic products to retail investors and ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions

BETTER FINANCE Response to EIOPA Discussion Paper on Conflicts of Interest in PRIIPs sales

BETTER FINANCE published its comments to EIOPA's Discussion Paper on Conflicts of Interest in direct and intermediated sales of insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions

BETTER FINANCE response to the EC DG TRADE’s public consultation on modalities for investment protection and ISDS in TTIP

BETTER FINANCE published its response to the EC DG TRADE's public consultation on modalities for investment protection and ISDS in TTIP. Please find it here ...
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/ Consultations, Supervision & Redress

IOSCO 2020 Questionnaire

BETTER FINANCE published its review of work carried out by IOSCO ...
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/ Consultations, Other

EIOPA Chair: «We created a monster»

Gabriel Bernardino, the Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), gave an impassioned and encouraging speech on « EIOPA’s priorities for consumer protection » at the BETTER ...
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/ Press Releases, Life Insurance & Pensions

London, 4 June 2014: the European financial consumer exclusion day?

BETTER FINANCE and other European organisations representing savers and financial users were quite disappointed by today’s «Consumer Protection Day » jointly organised by the three European financial Supervisory Authorities (Securities ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Life Insurance & Pensions

BETTER FINANCE Response to the Informal Consultation of 14 May 2014 by OECD

BETTER FINANCE welcomes this informal consultation by OECD and congratulates the OECD Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection, as the “draft effective approaches to support the G20/OECD high-level principles on ...
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/ Consultations

Key Priorities 2013

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/ Position Papers, Uncategorised

Widespread support for the protection of financial end-users across the european political spectrum

Despite declaring that households are the main source of funds to finance long term investment in the European economy, the majority of MEPs who responded to the Questionnaire on the ...
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/ Press Releases

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