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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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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

BETTER FINANCE Supports AEMEC’s Call for Corporate Transparency Following Iberian Blackout

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, has announced its support for the Spanish Association for Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies (AEMEC) in its efforts to ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Inditex and Banco Santander Honoured with Euroshareholders Award 2025 in Madrid

BETTER FINANCE and AEMEC are pleased to announce the winners of the Euroshareholders Award 2025, held on 12 June 2025 in Madrid. This year’s honourees are Inditex and Banco ...
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/ Press Releases, BETTER FINANCE, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Two New French Member Organisations and Elects New President and Board

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, is pleased to announce the official approval of two new French member organisations – ANCRE and AGIPI – following ...
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/ Press Releases, BETTER FINANCE

BETTER FINANCE Asks EU Member States to be More Ambitious with Their European Savings Label Initiative

Brussels, 5 June 2025 - BETTER FINANCE, the voice of European savers and individual investors, expresses hopes but also concerns regarding the European Savings Label initiative to be launched today ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets Union (CMU), PEPP, Product governance & disclosures, Retail Investment Strategy

BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Progress on the Savings and Investments Union

BETTER FINANCE, the public interest organisation representing European citizens as savers and investors, welcomes the European Commission’s communication on the Savings and Investments Union (SIU), alongside the draft report by ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Savings and Investment Union

BETTER FINANCE Raises Concerns Over Proposed ‘Simplifications’ to EU Sustainability Legislation

BETTER FINANCE, the representative of EU citizens as savers and investors, is concerned about the European Commission's proposals to amend the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Corporate ...
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/ Press Releases, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Calls for Clearer ESG Categorisation Rules for Individual Investors

Brussels | Press Release BETTER FINANCE, alongside BEUC and Finance Watch, welcomes the Platform on Sustainable Finance’s proposal to categorise financial products under the SFDR. However, we have serious concerns ...
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/ Press Releases, Sustainabe Finance

BETTER FINANCE Welcomes the Return to On-Site AGMs in Germany

Brussels | Press Release BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the encouraging vote by Siemens shareholders against virtual-only AGMs - a decision that signals ...
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/ Press Releases, Retail Investment Strategy

BETTER FINANCE Advocates for Fair Investor Redress: The Case of Fiat Chrysler (now Stellantis)

Brussels | Press Release BETTER FINANCE stands for a level playing field for all investors, advocating for stronger collective redress mechanisms for investors across Europe. A particularly striking case that ...
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/ Press Releases, Supervision & Redress

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