BETTER FINANCE Responds to ESMA’s Consultation on Technical Standards Specifying the Criteria for Establishing and Assessing the Effectiveness of Investment Firms’ Order Execution Policies

BETTER FINANCE submits its response to ESMA’s consultation on the Technical Standards specifying the criteria for establishing and assessing the effectiveness of investment firms’ order execution policies. While ESMA’s broader ...
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BETTER FINANCE response to ESMA’s MiFIR Review Consultation Package 3 on RTS 1, CTP Data Standards, and RTS 2 Flags

In light of the MiFIR/MiFID II review (entered into force on 28 March 2024, with transposition deadlines for MiFID II amendments set on 29 September 2025), this consultation package no 3 addresses ...
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BETTER FINANCE’s Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on AI Use in the Financial Sector

The European Commission’s consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Financial Services is part of the broader AI Act, a horizontal legislation regulating AI across multiple sectors, including finance. While AI ...
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BETTER FINANCE’s response to ESMA’s MiFIR review Consultation Package 2 on CTP and DRSPs

In light of the MiFIR/MiFID II review (which entered into force on 28 March 2024, with transposition deadlines for MiFID II amendments set for 29 September 2025), this consultation package no 2 addresses ...
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BETTER FINANCE’s response to ESMA’s Consultation on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive

Executive Summary BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the work undertaken by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) towards reviewing the UCITS Eligible ...
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BETTER FINANCE answer to SRD Follow-up consultation (CSES/European Commission)

BETTER FINANCE continues to provide input to shareholders' rights consultations. We had previously highlighted the need for enforcing shareholders' rights, intermediary's chain transparency,  streamlining of engagement process (such as voting ...
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BETTER FINANCE answer to ESMA Consultation Paper on the draft guidelines on reverse solicitation under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA)

BETTER FINANCE supports ESMA’s broad approach to guiding prudential regulation concerning the solicitation of EU clients by third-country firms, which is essential to protect European consumers from non-MICA compliant entities ...
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BETTER FINANCE Response to EFRAG Public Consultation on Development of the Exposure Draft for a Voluntary Standard for non-listed SMEs

BETTER FINANCE has submitted its response to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG) public consultation on the Voluntary Standard for non-listed SMEs (VSME ED). This standard aims to provide ...
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BETTER FINANCE’s response to EIOPA’s consultation on Methodology on Value for Money benchmarks

BETTER FINANCE welcomes and supports EIOPA’s ongoing work on a supervisory toolkit to assess the value for money offered by unit linked and hybrid insurance products. Since its creation, BETTER ...
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BETTER FINANCE answer to ESMA Discussion Paper on MiFID II investor protection topics linked to digitalisation

The document serves as BETTER FINANCE response to selected questions of ESMA's discussion paper on the implications of digitalisation for investor protection under MiFID II. The document “Discussion Paper on ...
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