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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BETTER FINANCE Response to the Review of the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act Technical Screening Criteria

The EU Taxonomy plays a central role in the EU sustainable finance framework by providing a common classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Its purpose is to help investors, companies and ...

BETTER FINANCE Response to the Review of the EU Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act Technical Screening Criteria

The EU Taxonomy plays a central role in the EU sustainable finance framework by providing a common classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Its purpose is to help investors, ...

BETTER FINANCE Responds to the Commission’s Call on the Application of the “Do No Significant Harm” Principle

As the JRC found, DNSH is currently implemented through different methods, legal designs and assessment approaches across EU instruments. Public funding instruments use DNSH in different ways: to exclude harmful ...

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 ...

Individual Investors’ National Key Priorities 2024 – 2029

Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, economy, and future generations. This ...

BETTER FINANCE position on the classification of investment funds regarding sustainability

EU Law rightly requires information provided to individual investors to be clear, i.e., “presented in a way that is likely to be understood by, the average member of the group ...

BETTER FINANCE Concerned About the European Commission Abandoning the Necessary and Urgent Audit Reform Announced in November 2021

In June 2020, the Wirecard scandal unraveled, generating unprecedented retail investor detriment worth about €20 billion. BETTER FINANCE reacted, labelling it an “outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and ...

BETTER FINANCE response to the survey for the CEPS Study for the review of the Audit Directive and Regulation

CEPS together with Milieu and Europe Economics have been commissioned by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) to conduct a study on the ...

Solvency Reports (SFCR) 2021 under examination: the Body Mass Index of the life-insurance industry | 2022 Edition

This report is a collaboration between analysts, actuaries, and researchers from consumer protection organisations. The purpose is to analyse and evaluate the fitness of a selection of life insurance companies’ ...

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