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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BETTER FINANCE feedback on a Regulation proposal facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment funds

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 ...
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BETTER FINANCE feedback on a Directive proposal facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment funds

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 ...
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BETTER FINANCE Feedback on a Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for business

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 ...
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