European Commission Reply to Joint Open Letter “EU Investors against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II”
Below please find the European Commission Reply to the Open Letter by BETTER FINANCE and its members against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II ...
BETTER FINANCE urges to put Employee Share Ownership at the core of efforts to tackle the Corona-induced financial crisis
Brussels, 22 May 2020 - With the current crisis calling for a tightening of the link between employees and their companies, especially in the case of SMEs, BETTER FINANCE’s member ...
BETTER FINANCE response to the European Commission Public consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR regulatory framework
Summary: General comment The review of the MiFID II framework is timely and should be coordinated with the other ongoing actions and policy areas, i.e. PRIIPs and the work done ...
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 ...
