Enhancing Financial Health and Wealth in the EU: A Comprehensive Approach to Boosting Retail Investor Participation in Capital Markets

Research Report - BETTER FINANCE's report, "Enhancing Financial Health and Wealth in the EU," explores strategies to boost retail investor participation in the European Union’s capital markets, which remains limited ...
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BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Key Aspects of Commissioner-Designate Albuquerque’s Vision but Urges Stronger Focus on Retail Investor Protections

Brussles, 8 November 2024 - Press Release BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the appointment of Ms Albuquerque as Commissioner-Designate for Financial Services following ...
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BETTER FINANCE supports the FSUG statement on Value for Money in Retail Investments

BETTER FINANCE endorses the FSUG's call for improved 'Value for Money' in retail investments. The focus is on enhancing the effectiveness of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) to ...
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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 ...
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Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2023 Edition

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous ...
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BETTER FINANCE position on the Retail Investment Strategy

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the proposal for the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) put forward by the European Commission (EC) on 24 May 2023. We fully share the goals that the EC ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to EIOPA consultation on technical advice on IORP II review

EIOPA consulted on the review of IORP II Directive, which governs occupational pension schemes in the EU. BETTER FINANCE's response to the consultation focuses on protecting the interests of pension ...
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