March 2022
Irish webinar on the Consumer Credit Directive
The European Coalition on the Consumer Credit Directive (CCD) invite you to their first national Irish webinar. 23 March 2022, 11.00 AM to 12.15 PM – GMT Dublin | (12.00 PM to 13.15 PM – CET Brussels). During this 75 minutes’ event, key stakeholders from Ireland will exchange on the CCD proposal and its capacity to improve the Irish consumer credit market to make it safer, fairer and inclusive. Register Now and join an exciting discussion with Policy makers, Regulators,…
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Solvency Reports (SFCR) 2021 under examination: The body-mass-index of the life-insurance industry
What to expect from European Insurers in times of rising interest rates? On 20 September 2022 the German Association of Insured (BdV), together with the analyst Carsten Zielke and the European consumer organisation BETTER FINANCE, will present the results of their analysis of the current SFCR (Solvency and Financial Condition Reports) of life-insurers. For the sixth year in a row, the SFCR of German insurance companies are under scrutiny, whilst those of the 10 largest life insurers from France, Italy,…
Find out more »January 2023
Press Conference: SRD II Study – Barriers to shareholder engagement (AGM season 2022)
Virtual press conference (SRD II) – Organised by DSW (Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz) & BETTER FINANCE Study: Barriers to shareholder engagement - SRD II Revisited (AGM season 2022). Report to be released upon conference date BETTER FINANCE and DSW revisited the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II): it reveals unchanged high barriers to shareholder participation. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the cornerstone of shareholder democracy. Not only is it the place where important corporate decisions are voted…
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Press Conference: Join the collective redress action for individual Airbus investors
BETTER FINANCE and Stichting Investor Loss Compensation (SILC) organise a virtual press conference to announce their collective redress action for individual Airbus investors. The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, BETTER FINANCE, joins forces with Stichting Investor Loss Compensation (SILC), assisting Airbus shareholders to recover losses that are the result of Airbus' involvement in bribery practices and wrongful conduct. BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations call on all investors who bought and/or held Airbus shares between April…
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