BETTER FINANCE feedback to the European Commission on the EU Taxonomy Delegated Acts
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the amendments to the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (Art 8) in providing consistent methodologies and economic performance indicators that ensure financial and non-financial undertakings disclose the relevant ...
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Robo-advice 2022 Report | Breaking Barriers of Traditional Advice
BETTER FINANCE continued its research series into Robo-advice with this seventh annual edition (2022), mapping a sample of platforms that provide online Robo-advisory investing services, by analysing their (automated) advice ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the ESMA Consultation on Guidelines for the use of ESG or sustainability-related terms in funds’ names
ESMA’s Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms in their names propose the use of quantitative thresholds whereby “if an investment fund has any ESG-, or impact-related words ...
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Great Returns for Great Values: the “Gateway to Responsible Investing” goes LIVE
BETTER FINANCE is excited to announce the launch of its much-needed “Gateway to Responsible Investing”, responding to the lack of independent, transparent and clear information on how to invest in ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to the 2022 ESAs Call for evidence on Greenwashing
The practice of greenwashing, or marketing a product as environmentally friendly, when in fact basic environmental standards have not been met, can take many forms including misleading labels and unsubstantiated/vague ...
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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 ...
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Shifting the Trillions | Why will private investors play a key role?
Research presentation by 2° Investing Initiative (2DII
- Shifting the Trillions: the transition needs to be massive and transformative
- Still, the funding gaps can be put in perspective with household savings ...
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BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on the EU Retail Investment Strategy (executive summary)
The European Federation of investors and Financial Services Users fully supports the clear stated objectives of the European Union’s very welcome “Retail Investor Strategy”. ENSURE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN ...
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Guide on Pension Awareness
Every year, BETTER FINANCE compiles the returns of private long-term and pension savings, so we can have an overview of how these products perform, compare them, and know their performances ...
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Background: “EU Pensions seem doomed with ‘Financial Repression’ as the only game in town”
Eurozone inflation mushroomed from 3.4% to 10% in one year, further deepening Europe’s cost-of-living crisis, yet the best the European Central Bank (ECB) could muster is a late and timid ...
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