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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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Reply to ESMA on its technical advice on possible delegated acts concerning the Prospectus Directive

EuroFinuse welcomes the consultation from ESMA on technical advice on acts concerning the Prospectus Directive. However, this is a very specific consultation concentrating on very legal matters. We would like ...
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Advice on the Fundamental Review of the Financial Conglomerates Directive

We would like to answer specifically to the following questions raised by ESMA: What should be the parameter of supervision, where a financial conglomerate is supervised on a group wide ...
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EuroFinUse Position on The Reform of the Audit Market

We believe that the current economic damages endured by shareholders of European listed banks with good audit reports challenges the proper functioning of the audit markets in Europe. This would ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

Assessing the Suitability of Members of the Management Body and Key Function Holders of a Credit Institution

We believe that the appropriate selection of the members of management boards as one of the key principles of corporate governance. This issue has profound implications for shareholders, consumers, and ...
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PRIPS – Packaged Retail Investment Products

CFA Institute, EuroFinuse,FECIF, EFAMA, and AILO,welcome the focus of the European Commission on investor protection through the publication this week of three pieces of legislation: the Packaged Retail Investment Products ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

Overview of the Proxy Advisory Industry Considerations on Possible Policy Options

Proxy advisers serve mostly institutional investors on a commercial basis but their activities have not yet been regulated at EU level. Thus, the ESMA is considering the possibility to regulate ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

Green Paper on Shadow Banking

The European Federation of Financial Services Users (EuroFinuse) supports the Financial Services User Group (FSUG) response to the consultation to this consultation, and part of our response is derived from ...
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Liikanen Group Consultation on the Banking Union

EuroFinuse firmly believes that the commercial banking activities (i.e. the intermediated funding of the real economy - businesses and households - should be separated as much as possible from all ...
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Gender imbalance in corporate boards in the EU

Self-regulation is not sufficient in our view: the EU has brought about the policy debate on gender diversity in 2010, and called on listed companies in 2011 to voluntary commit ...
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Joint Equiduct Conference

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