Reservations regarding the proposed Market in Financial Instruments Act (ZTFI-1)
We are alarmed that for the second time in less than two years the Republic of Slovenia moves to curtail the options available to minority shareholders to mitigate the burden ...
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Joint Statement: ECON’s draft report on the review of the European Financial Supervisors: disappointing for European NGOs and financial services user
On Tuesday 10th of July, the European Parliament co-rapporteurs published a disappointing draft report on the review of the European System of Financial Supervision: not only lacking any ambitious changes ...
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Proposal for the EU financial supervisory reform
Last September the European Commission published its proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – ESAs). The aim is to reform the ESAs’ mandate, ...
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Open Letter: “MiFID II rules for ‘Systematic Internalisers’ will hurt European investors”
In principle, European individual Investors welcome the introduction of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). However, given BETTER FINANCE’s priority to ensure the protection of individual European ...
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Banco Popular – AEMEC announcement
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF BANCO POPULAR: protect your investment in Banco Popular ...
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Open Letter to the European Commission on Closet Indexing
A PRIIPs Regulation that contradicts or fails to take into account disclosure requirements in other Directives and Regulations will simply add confusion for all stakeholders involved and significantly undermines investor ...
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Support for the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) to oppose Slovenian Government legislative proposals against the interests of small Slovenian shareholders
It has been brought to our attention by the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD), which is one of our most engaged and dedicated members, that the Republic of Slovenia intends to ...
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Joint EFAMA – BETTER FINANCE letter on the implementing rules for the PRIIPs KID
BETTER FINANCE and EFAMA have always been strong supporters of the “PRIIPs” Key Information Document (“KID”), seeing it as a powerful instrument for retail investors to enable sound investment choices ...
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Open letter in response to the EC letter on Romanian financial legislation
A letter by the European Commission to the Romanian Minister of Public Finance, Ms Anca Dragu, was very critical of the adoption of the "datio in solutum" law aimed at ...
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Letter to the EC and Government of Slovenia regarding the bail-in of subordinated bondholders
In December 2013 the subordinated bondholders in five Slovenian banks (NLB, NKBM, Abanka, Probanka and Factor Banka) were bailed-in to refinance these struggling institutions. Subordinated bonds in a sixth bank ...
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