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Euroshareholders

As part of BETTER FINANCE and through the EuroVote platform, Euroshareholders represents the interest of individual shareholders and seeks to improve corporate governance in the European Union.

EuroInvestors

BETTER FINANCE represents individual investors other than shareholders and keeps a close eye on crucial developments in terms of sustainable finance and the development of a Capital Markets Union.

EuroFinUse

BETTER FINANCE represents all other users of financial services across the European Union and works to improve horizontal issues such as supervision, enforcement and investor education.

Press Releases

Comment investir dans des fonds ? (Investing in Funds 101)

16 juillet 2021 – La population européenne vieillit… Ajoutez à ce constat le fait que les comptes d’épargne des citoyens européens perdent rapidement de leur pouvoir d’achat (avec des taux ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds)

BETTER FINANCE fully supports the Goals of the European Commission’s New Sustainable Finance Strategy and makes Suggestions to Maximize its Effectiveness

7 July 2021 – The European Commission (EC) has adopted a new ‘Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy' or Sustainable Finance Strategy. BETTER FINANCE commends the EC ...
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/ Press Releases, Sustainabe Finance

Investing in Funds 101

Following on the heels of its 2020 video on “why to invest in shares?” (published exclusively in French), BETTER FINANCE now launches a new educational video on “Investing in Funds”, ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education

The extensive use by German insurers of reserves belonging to customers to improve their solvency fit for export

Besides their fundamental business figures, insurance companies have to disclose how stable and secure they are in annual “solvency” reports. In 2021, for the first time, BdV – Europe’s most ...
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/ Press Releases, Life Insurance & Pensions

Empower the new generations of EU citizens as pension savers to engage corporations into a Sustainable Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE strongly supports the goals of the new initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance launched by the European Commission in order to reconcile economic growth, social progress, corporate governance and ...
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/ Press Releases, Other, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance, Sustainabe Finance

Joint Press Release of Investors and Business Organisations on Sustainable Corporate Governance

Business and individual investors organisations issue statement on the European Commission’s upcoming initiative on sustainable corporate governance. BETTER FINANCE joined ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges ...
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/ Press Releases, Other, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Commissioner McGuinness: “Putting people at the heart of the financial system is part of my vision”

On 22 April at the BETTER FINANCE’s international conference, high-level speakers and over 350 registered participants debated “How to make the EU Capital Markets Union (‘CMU’) work for people?”. For ...
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/ Press Releases, Banking, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), CMU Barometer, Financial Education, Financial Reporting & Audit

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) re-appoints BETTER FINANCE candidate as only Board Member representing Retail Investors

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce that Jella Benner-Heinacher, the Deputy Chief Director of the Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz (DSW) and BETTER FINANCE Vice-President, was appointed to the Board of ...
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/ Press Releases, Other, Supervision & Redress

Capital Markets Union at Risk as European “Retail” Investors have less and less access to Equity Market Data

Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE [1] found that online equity market data published by the ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

GameStop Case Highlights Discrimination of “Retail” Investors in Stock Markets

In January, the market value of American video game and electronics retailer GameStop, driven by an “army” of “retail” investors[1], shot up from $1.4 billion to $33.7 billion.  This dramatic ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Financial Education, FinTech, Securities Markets & Trading