BETTER FINANCE Response to the Public Consultation on the Fitness Check on the EU Framework for Public Reporting by Companies
EU public reporting requirements for companies have been beneficial for EU citizens since more standardised and comparable reporting has increased scrutiny. The Accounting directives (financial and non-financial) and the Transparency ...
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BETTER FINANCE WELCOMES THE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ACTION PLAN BUT WARNS THE COMMISSION AGAINST ITS PLANS REGARDING TAXONOMY, BENCHMARKING AND AN ECO-LABEL
As pointed out at several occasions by BETTER FINANCE , EU citizens as savers are by nature mostly long-term driven, evidenced by the fact that 67% of their total assets ...
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Feedback on the Commission’s proposal to amend Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 with regard to Environmental, Social and Governance Preferences in the Distribution of Insurance-based Investment Products
BETTER FINANCE fully supports this proposal to include ESG considerations during the advisory and product suitability process. However, we have some concerns regarding the proposal. Firstly, and as raised at ...
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FEEDBACK ON THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S PROPOSAL AMENDING REGULATION (EU) 2017/565 SUPPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU AS REGARDS ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR INVESTMENT FIRMS AND DEFINED TERMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THAT DIRECTIVE
BETTER FINANCE welcomes this opportunity to comment on the proposal amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 supplementing MiFID II as regards organizational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined ...
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BETTER FINANCE WELCOMES THE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ACTION PLAN BUT WARNS THE COMMISSION AGAINST ITS PLANS REGARDING TAXONOMY, BENCHMARKING AND AN ECO-LABEL
As pointed out at several occasions by BETTER FINANCE , EU citizens as savers are by nature mostly long-term driven, evidenced by the fact that 67% of their total assets ...
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BETTER FINANCE answer to the EC Suitability Questionnaire on ESG Disclosure
As a representative of individual savers and investors in Europe, we believe that further ESG information in the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus, in the KIID (investment funds), in the KID and ...
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BETTER FINANCE WELCOMES EC ROADMAP TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY BUT ONCE AGAIN DEPLORES FAILURE TO TAKE THE INTERESTS OF EU CITIZENS AS PENSION SAVERS AND INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS INTO ACCOUNT
Whereas BETTER FINANCE welcomes the report of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance as a step in the right direction to promote a cleaner and fairer ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the EC public consultation on institutional investors and asset managers’ duties regarding sustainability
As part of the Paris agreement, the EU has taken ambitious steps for the transition to a sustainable European economy. BETTER FINANCE supports the integration of sustainability into the mandate ...
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Impact Assessment – Institutional Investors and asset managers duties regarding sustainability
In order to effectively contribute to the strengthening of the Capital Markets Union, BETTER FINANCE believes that sustainable investment products require binding standards ensuring the trust of EU citizens in ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to consultation by the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance
BETTER FINANCE answered this consultation by the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance on what the most important issues are that need to be addressed to move towards ...
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