BETTER FINANCE recommendations for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee’s report on the Further Development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU): Improving Access to Capital Market Finance, in particular by SMEs, and Further Enabling Retail Investor Participation
BETTER FINANCE – one of the only two individual user side members of the European Commission’s “High Level Forum on the CMU” - firmly advocates for a Capital Markets Union ...
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BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on Digital Finance Strategy
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the ECON’s legislative own-initiative report on Digital Finance to assess the regulatory and supervisory challenges on the digital financial market in order to guarantee a resilient digital ...
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BETTER FINANCE PEPP Position Paper L2
BETTER FINANCE published its Position Paper on the implementing measures (level 2) for the Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP) product. These measures will be based on the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) ...
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BETTER FINANCE POSITION PAPER ON BANKING UNION
The Banking Union initiative has reduced the number and magnitude of bank failures and the recourse to taxpayers’ money. However, up to now, it has been focused on prudential objectives, ...
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Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Redress Interests of Consumers
BETTER FINANCE has long advocated for an EU-wide collective redress mechanism for all financial services users, including small and individual shareholders or employee shareholders, and provided support to consumer organisations ...
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Assessment of the EU Public Authorities’ Reports on Costs and Past Performance of EU Retail Financial Products
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the report from ESMA on the cost and performance of retail financial investment products in the EU that provides an initial mapping of the current state of ...
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BETTER FINANCE Comments on the Current Legislative Framework on Public Reporting by Companies
BETTER FINANCE commented on the current legislative framework on public reporting of companies. As a representative of individual investors and financial services users in Europe, BETTER FINANCE focused its feedback ...
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BETTER FINANCE comments on the current legislative framework on Public Reporting by Companies
BETTER FINANCE commented on the current legislative framework on public reporting of companies. As a representative of individual investors and financial services users in Europe, BETTER FINANCE focused its feedback ...
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Proposals from the Alliance on the Review of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA)
Back in November 2017, BETTER FINANCE formed an Alliance together with the other major EU public interest organisations working on financial services to voice their disappointment with the European Commission's ...
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BETTER FINANCE position proposed amendments to the PROPOSED REGULATION ON PEPP
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the proposed amendments from the EP rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs as a step in the right direction towards a simple and safe PEPP that could regain the ...
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