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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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EuroFinUse Position Paper on Audit Reform and the proposed EU reforms

EuroFinUse believes there are a number of worrying features of the audit market. At a very fundamental level, we are concerned about auditor independence and professional scepticism. Potential conflicts of ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on Insurance Mediation

EuroFinuse in conjunction with the members of the Financial Services User Group (FSUG) wish to express their disappointment regarding the draft ECON report on the proposal for a Insurance Mediation ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on the proposals in MiFID II on capital market structures

EuroFinUse presented its position on the proposals in MiFID II on capital market structures. MiFID II proposal from the EC does not in EuroFinUse's view fix this major market fragmentation ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinuse Presentation on “What can the Audit Committee do better?”

EuroFinUse participated on the FEE Roundtable on the functioning of audit committees and Jella Benner-Heinacher presented shareholders's perspectives. The board acts as the agent of all shareholders and the quality ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on the Reform of EU banking structures

On an EPFSF event in January 2013, Guillaume Prache, EuroFinUse's Managing Director, called for a real separation of commercial banking from market and investment banking; stressed that the financial crisis ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

EuroFinuse Position Paper on performance fees (UCITS V)

EuroFinuse, the European Federation of Financial Services Users, is closely following the debate on the “UCITS V Directive” that is currently focusing on depositories’ liabilities and asset managers’ remuneration. These ...
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EuroFinUse Position Paper on PRIPs Regulation

EuroFinUse shows its concerns on the long awaited Regulation on Key Information Documents for investment products that will unfortunately, and contrary to the original aim, only address the harmonization and ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

Key Priorities 2012

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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)

Joint Equiduct Conference

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