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BETTER FINANCE responds to ESMA’s Call for Evidence on Civil Liability Provisions Under the Prospectus Regulation

BETTER FINANCE welcomes ESMA’s Call for Evidence on civil liability provisions under the Prospectus Regulation (PR). This consultation presents a critical opportunity to harmonise liability rules across Member States, addressing ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

BETTER FINANCE and DSW Advocate for a Return to In-Person Annual General Meetings in 2025

Despite the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, various DAX-listed companies have opted to continue with virtual-only formats for their annual general meetings (AGMs), with no return to in-person meetings. BETTER ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE answer to SRD Follow-up consultation (CSES/European Commission)

BETTER FINANCE continues to provide input to shareholders' rights consultations. We had previously highlighted the need for enforcing shareholders' rights, intermediary's chain transparency,  streamlining of engagement process (such as voting ...
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/ Consultations, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Investors’ Advocates Call for Enhancements to Hybrid AGMs and Shareholder Representation Frameworks, Decrying Virtual-Only Meetings

After the 2023 AGM season and looking ahead to the 2024 season, BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations voice concerns about the erosion of shareholder rights. Inadequate rules for Virtual ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 | Sustainable Savings & Investments Union: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises & Planet

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE's Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Savings and Investments Union’s (SIU) 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

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

The Proposed Retail Investment Strategy Shows Potential for Investor Protection Progress, but Fails to Meet its Own Key Targets

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomed the European Commission’s launch of a Retail Investor Strategy in September 2020, as a once in a lifetime ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Life Insurance & Pensions, Packaged Investment Products, Product governance & disclosures, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress

Withholding Tax on Cross-Border Dividends in the EU continues to be a nightmare for investors

Many investors commonly use the strategy of investing in dividend stocks. Yet, investors holding foreign shares often have to pay additional withholding tax on dividends in the respective country. A ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Withholding taxes on dividends in the European Union: An uphill battle for individual shareholders

A recent survey conducted by BETTER FINANCE and DSW among 3000 investors across the EU found that withholding tax (WHT) refund procedures are cumbersome and costly, making it difficult or ...
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/ Research papers, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Other, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Supervision & Redress