Green investment products should not be developed at the expense of EU Citizens as long-term and pension savers and should first of all ensure long-term and sustainable value creation
Brussels, 20 November 2019 - BETTER FINANCE Publishes its survey on “green” investment products in cooperation with Financial Analysts Besides addressing crucial environmental and social issues, the concept of sustainable ...
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BETTER FINANCE & CFA Institute Report on SUSTAINABLE VALUE FOR MONEY
Besides addressing crucial environmental and social issues, the concept of sustainable finance should translate into investment products that are exemplary in complying with EU investor protection, governance and conduct of ...
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Capital Markets Union given a New Breath of Life in New HLEG Report putting Sustainable Finance firmly at its Core
On 9 October the Next CMU High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) - composed of experts from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and Sweden who are charged by their ministers ...
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Feedback on the draft technical advice on minimum requirements for the EU climatetransition benchmarks and the EU Parisaligned benchmarks and benchmarks’ ESG disclosures
On 18 June 2019, the Technical Expert Group (TEG) published its report on Climate Benchmarks and Benchmarks’ ESG Disclosures. The report recommends a list of minimum standards for the methodologies of EU Climate ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the survey on collection of evidence on undue short-term pressure from the financial sector on corporations
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a questionnaire which aims to gather evidence on potential short-term pressures on corporations stemming from the financial sector. On December 2019, the findings ...
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EU Elections: Are politicians willing to help citizens to improve the long-term value of their savings?
With the European elections around the corner, BETTER FINANCE took stock of the developments over the last five years in matters of financial policy at the European level. Although some ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the EC Consultation on the Development of EU Ecolabel Criteria for Retail Financial Products
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the setting of mandatory criteria for the Ecolabel. The issue with any point system is that it may reveal gaps in correctly weighting the criteria for awarding ...
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2019 European Elections: EU Citizens as Investors and Financial Services Users want A NEW DEAL
BETTER FINANCE asks EU Politicians about their Key Priorities for the Next Five Years Press Release – Next May nearly 450 million Europeans across the EU will be called to ...
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