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, ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
BETTER FINANCE welcomes this opportunity to comment on the EC proposal for a Regulation on facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment funds. As the representative of individual investors, BETTER FINANCE ... Read More
BETTER FINANCE welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Commission’s proposal amending the AIFM and UCITS directives with regard to cross-border distribution of investment funds ... Read More
BETTER FINANCE already raised the issue that only a limited number of larger SMEs are likely to benefit from a Capital Markets Union. As such, introducing an EU framework enabling ... Read More