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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EuroFinUse Response to the European Commission Consultation “Crowdfunding in the EU – Exploring the added value of potential EU action”

EuroFinUse has responded to the European Commission Consultation on Crowdfunding. EuroFinUse expects the European Commission to seek the right balance between financial services users protection and the promotion of a ...
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/ Consultations, Sustainabe Finance

MiFID II: European individual investors again the losers of trialogue negotiations?

EuroFinUse’s German member organisation DSW sent out a letter to several MEPs to voice their concern related to the current status of the “trialogue” negotiations on the MiFID II Directive ...
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Pensioners in the dark: no transparency in sight for life insurance products

Individual European investors and consumers are in danger of losing out as Regulations from Brussels aimed at protecting their interests are facing indefinite delay and drastic dilution ...
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EuroFinUse, Finance Watch and BEUC join forces for the KID Regulation

In order to present a united front on behalf of the hundreds of millions of European consumers and individual investors and draw attention to the serious threats KID Regulation faces ...
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/ Position Papers

EuroFinUse Response to AMF’s Consultation on Crowdfunding

Please find here EuroFinUse's position paper (in French) ...
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/ Consultations

EuroFinUse Response to AMF and ACPR Consultation on Crowdfunding

EuroFinUse responded to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) public consultation on Crowdfunding. EuroFinUse believes the increasing popularity of Crowdfunding represents ...
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Retail Investors losing out to stalled legislation

The Regulation for a Key Information Document (KID) for Investment Products faces serious threats from within the European Parliament itself. The stalled financial package concerns a simple information document that ...
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/ Press Releases

Europe is setting up institutions specifically created for financial repression

For the first time Financial Repression was the topic of an international conference organised in Vienna, attended by prominent authorities from the world of finance ...
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/ Press Releases

EuroFinUse calls for more consistency in summary information for investors

The Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (ECON) voted yesterday on the Regulation for a Key Information Document for investment products (formerly known as “PRIPs”). EuroFinUse praises the ...
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EuroFinUse and IVA International Conference on Financial Repression: “The Lesser Evil or Institutionalised Theft?”

On October 18, EuroFinUse and the Austrian Shareholder Association (IVA) held an international conference on “The Financial Repression of Savers and Investors”, in Vienna. International authorities from the private and ...
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/ Press Releases

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