A Look Under the Hood 2.0.: Robo-Advice Holds Great Promise but Disappoints on Suitability
For years now BETTER FINANCE has been calling for Capital Markets to be returned to their natural participants: European households and EU Citizens as individual long-term savers and investors. Robo-advice ...
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CMU Assessment Report 2015-2019
This Briefing Paper aims to provide a targeted assessment of the progress achieved by the European Union (EU) in establishing a Capital Markets Union after four years of implementation, and ...
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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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THE MORE YOU PAY, THE LESS YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET
New research by BETTER FINANCE on the Correlation between Costs and Performance of EU Retail Equity Funds without a doubt establishes a negative correlation between returns and fees Brussels, 20 ...
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STUDY ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN COST AND PERFORMANCES IN EU EQUITY RETAIL FUNDS
This research paper is part of BETTER FINANCE’s annual #FundResearch project, an umbrella research activity aimed at providing qualitative and quantitative assessments of the EU market for retail investment funds, ...
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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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Fund Managers frequently pocket large portions of the Revenues of Securities lending
Securities lending is the practice of lending a stock, bond or other financial instrument in exchange for interest. Typically, the borrower pays a fee to the lender for the shares ...
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Efficient Portfolio Management Techniques: Attribution of profits derived from Securities Lending by UCITS Exchange-Traded Funds
This research paper is part of BETTER FINANCE’s #FundResearch project, an umbrella research activity aimed at providing qualitative and quantitative assessments of the EU market for “retail” investment funds, focusing ...
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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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