Open Letter to the European Commission – EU Investors against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights
The heads of European and Member State organisations representing individual shareholders across Europe sent an Open Letter to the European Commission opposing lobbying attempts by powerful financial intermediaries to postpone the ...
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the new European Guidelines on Funds’ “Performance” Fees
On 3 April the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines on performance fees in investment funds, applicable to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) ...
CORONA PENSIONS? AGE Europe, BETTER FINANCE and CFA Institute call for Measures to protect pension contributions, savings and pay-outs
Brussels, 23 April 2020 - The necessary health, quarantine and social distancing measures taken to fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, are taking their toll on economies around the world. This ...
Initiatives taken to try and help EU Savers and Investors navigate the Economic Fallout from the Coronavirus epidemic
Brussels, 7 April 2020 - The continued spread of the COVID-19 virus around the world and the emergency confinement measures have severely disrupted capital markets. EU Citizens in their capacity ...
Open Letter: Need for Joint Statement on Keeping European Markets Open
[...] The undersigned associations are writing to emphasise the importance of keeping the European financial markets open during this extraordinary time of the COVID-19 health crisis. Financial markets are critical ...
BETTER FINANCE congratulates the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) on its historic collective redress victory in the name of individual fund investors in Europe
BETTER FINANCE congratulates the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) on its historic collective redress victory in the name of individual fund investors in Europe. On Friday 28 February, the Supreme Court ...
European Proposal for Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) disproportionately targets EU Citizens rather than Financial Institutions
Brussels, 21 January 2019 – Back in 2013, BETTER FINANCE clearly expressed its support for a European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and its main stated objective “[of ensuring] that financial ...
BETTER FINANCE response to the EC Public consultation on the “Review of the EU benchmark regulation”
The EU Benchmark Regulation has been in application since 1 January 2018. The review covers the following topics:
- the functioning and effectiveness of the rules applicable to critical benchmarks, ...
ROBO ADVICE: A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD 2.0.
For the fourth year in a row BETTER FINANCE took a closer look at the emerging robo-advisory business from the perspective of individual investors and savers. This year 16 platforms ...
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 ...
