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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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Financial Advice in the EU | ​Mapping the Rules Protecting Individual Investors

As announced in the Communication on the Savings and Investments Union (SIU)1,  the European Commission aims to give European citizens broader access to capital markets and companies better financing options. This renewed policy agenda builds on the still incomplete Banking Union (BU) but also, ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Product governance & disclosures, Retail Investment Strategy

BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission Feedback for Short-Form Prospectuses

BETTER FINANCE supports the EC’s objective to operationalise the Listing Act with shorter, reduced-burden prospectuses. We acknowledge the proposal to align further the “Follow-on” and the “Growth prospectuses” with the sequence of ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Product governance & disclosures

When Companies Leave the Market | Strengthening Investor Protection in Europe’s Delisting Landscape

Listing and delisting are the entry and exit doors of public equity markets, yet only the former has meaningfully shaped EU policymaking. Recent reforms — most notably the 2024 Listing Act — focused on ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE & FESE Joint Statement: Urgent Call to Make EU Capital Markets Deeper and More Attractive

A renewed vision for Europe’s capital markets Mario Draghi’s Report highlighted that Europe’s capital markets should finance growth and innovation, yet they remain fragmented and underperforming. A year later, European ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Savings and Investment Union

BETTER FINANCE Response to the EFRAG’s Consultation on the Amended ESRS

Our response to the consultation on the amended European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) reflects both recognition of progress and concerns about what is still missing for individual investors. We welcome ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Reporting & Audit, Sustainabe Finance

​BETTER FINANCE Welcomes EU Blueprint for Savings and Investment Accounts as a Long-Awaited Boost for EU Citizens – with Some Caveats

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the European Commission’s new initiatives to advance the Savings and Investments Union (SIU), notably the EU Financial Literacy ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Savings and Investment Union

BETTER FINANCE Responds to ​​Open Feedback on 28th Regime for Companies​

​​BETTER FINANCE provides feedback on an optional, digital-first “28th Regime” for companies. If well designed, this new EU company framework could bridge corporate and securities law, boost attractiveness, reduce arbitrage, ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Responds to ​​European Commission’s Consultation on the 28th Regime – an EU Corporate Legal Framework​

​​BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Union consultation on an optional, digital-by-default “28th Regime” framework, reflecting on what an “EU company brand” could mean for entrepreneurs and investors. Properly designed (and ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Financial Health of Europeans – Quantitative Research & Report Insights from a Pan-European Study

According to the definition adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of an objectively ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Financial Education, Savings and Investment Union

BETTER FINANCE calls for structural reform to deliver a truly investor-centric retail journey

Following the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) initiative to map the “retail investor journey”, BETTER FINANCE welcomes this timely step towards putting citizens at the heart of capital markets ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Digital Finance, Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Product governance & disclosures, Retail Investment Strategy, Savings and Investment Union

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