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A Requiem for the Capital Markets Union | Breathing New Life into the “Savings and Investments Union”

In January, BETTER FINANCE revealed its "Blueprint for the Next EU Parliament" ahead of the European Union elections scheduled for June 2024. Entitled "Sustainable Value for Money: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU)

BETTER FINANCE Urges Industry Innovation: Prache and McGuinness Find EU Financial Industry Proposals Disappointing and Call to Prioritise Consumer Outcomes at EU Retail Investment Roundtable

Guillaume Prache, Founder and Senior Advisor at BETTER FINANCE, brought his expertise to the forefront today as he addressed representatives of the financial industry at a roundtable on retail investment ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Education, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Product governance & disclosures, Securities Markets & Trading, Sustainabe Finance

EU Listing Rules need to offer more effective support for SMEs, investment industry surveys find

Ahead of the European Parliament plenary vote on the EU Listing Act agreement, research from CFA Institute and BETTER FINANCE analyses investment professionals' and retail investors’ views on whether EU ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Securities Markets & Trading

CFA Institute & BETTER FINANCE Report on The Review of The Listing Rules in The EU

[The document has been updated to the final March 2024 version] The report by CFA Institute and BETTER FINANCE critically reviews the EU’s listing rules, targeting reforms to improve public ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU)

Individual Investors’ National Key Priorities 2024 – 2029

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE's National Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Reporting & Audit, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 | Sustainable Value for Money: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises & the Planet

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE's Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit, FinTech, Life Insurance & Pensions, Other, Packaged Investment Products, Product governance & disclosures, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE answer to SRDs’ Targeted Consultation – Shareholder Rights Directives (European Commission/CSES)

BETTER FINANCE's full Response to the Targeted Consultation on SRDs - Shareholder Rights Directives (SRD1 and SRD2) for the European Commission by the CSES — [15 December 2023]. BETTER FINANCE ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Feedback to the European Commission’s Withholding taxes – FASTER Proposal

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s WHT FASTER Proposal that has to potential to bring procedural progress in addressing longstanding obstacles to tax recovery for investors dealing with their cross-border ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Other

Major EU bank Informs Investors of Missing Russian Shares

BETTER FINANCE expresses concern over Deutsche Bank's disclosure of missing Russian shares. The bank recently revealed a shortfall in the shares underlying depositary receipts (DRs), further increasing the challenges for ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Position on the Listing Act Review – EC Package Proposal

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the objectives of the Listing Act review put forward by the European commission to make EU Capital Markets more attractive for companies, particularly for SMEs.[1] Investor associations ...
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/ Position Papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Securities Markets & Trading