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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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EuroFinUse demands protection of depositors in Cyprus bailout

EuroFinUse praises the Eurogroup statement from late Monday in favor of fully guaranteeing deposits below EUR 100,000. Moreover, we believe bank depositors should not pay for the excesses of the ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on the Cyprus bailout

EuroFinUse praises the Eurogroup statement from late Monday in favor of fully guaranteeing deposits below EUR 100,000. Moreover, we believe bank depositors should not pay for the excesses of the ...
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EuroFinUse Response to the EC long- term investment questionnaire

EuroFinUse welcomes this Questionnaire on Long-Term Investment Funds, which deals with crucial questions that unfortunately were generally not considered before. At the same time, we are expecting the publication of ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on the Financial Transaction Tax

EuroFinUse supports the main objective of the European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), “to ensure that financial institutions make a fair and substantial contribution to covering the costs of the recent ...
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FTT: The European proposal does not meet its objective – EU citizens are likely to pay instead of banks

EuroFinuse supports the main objective of the European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), “to ensure that financial institutions make a fair and substantial contribution to covering the costs of the recent ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on Audit Reform and the proposed EU reforms

EuroFinUse believes there are a number of worrying features of the audit market. At a very fundamental level, we are concerned about auditor independence and professional scepticism. Potential conflicts of ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinuse Response to the joint ESMA – EBA Consultation on Principles for Benchmarks-Setting Processes in the EU

EuroFinuse welcomes this joint EBA - ESMA consultation. Please read here our response ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on Insurance Mediation

EuroFinuse in conjunction with the members of the Financial Services User Group (FSUG) wish to express their disappointment regarding the draft ECON report on the proposal for a Insurance Mediation ...
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FSUG letter to IMD Rapporteur Langen on the Insurance Mediation Directive

EuroFinUse expressed its disappointment regarding MEP ECON Rapporteur Werner Langen's draft report on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of theCouncil on Insurance Mediation ...
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/ Public Letters, Uncategorised

EuroFinUse Position Paper on the proposals in MiFID II on capital market structures

EuroFinUse presented its position on the proposals in MiFID II on capital market structures. MiFID II proposal from the EC does not in EuroFinUse's view fix this major market fragmentation ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

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