Lună: februarie 2017

BETTER FINANCE co-founds and participates in the launch of the European Platform for Financial Education

Date: 22nd February 2017 On the 22 February 2017, 9 European organizations and associations, including BETTER FINANCE, launched a new European Platform for Financial Education. The initiative responds to the need for financial education and to boost financial literacy in Europe. The founding partners of this platform believe that a

EBA Report on High earners in EU banks: Bankers claim they are struggling to be profitable following stricter EU legislation (CRD IV) … but the number of high earners increased by 61.8% since 2013.

Date: 20th February 2017 On the 2nd of February 2017, the European Banking Authority published its report on high earners in EU banks. According to its report, the total number of high earners increased from 3.865 in 2014 to 5.142 in 2015, representing a 33.04% increase compared to 2014 (a

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament reach an agreement on a regulation to guarantee greater financial stability for Finance Watch and BETTER FINANCE.

Date: 15th February 2017 On the 14th of February representatives of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached an agreement on a program to promote the involvement of consumers in policymaking in financial services. As a reminder, on the 25th of January 2017, the European Parliament’s

“EIOPA’s fifth Consumer Trends Report, published in December 2016, alludes to various examples of mis-selling practices in EU member states” BETTER FINANCE Member Bund der Versicherten (BdV, Germany) reports

Date: 7th February 2017 The report should be of particular interest to anyone who wishes to look beyond national borders to how policymakers in other EU countries are dealing with similar issues in the areas of life insurance, non-life products (property, accident and health insurance) and old-age provision. The reports

Passive asset management houses defend themselves against accusations of corporate governance leniency

Date: 6th February 2017 Passive asset management houses have enjoyed rapid growth over the past years. As a reminder, passive management describes the management of assets with the aim of tracking an index and achieving returns that reflect the return on the benchmark index. Over the last years, investors have

Solidaritate fata de colegii din Asociatia Parakletos

Asociatia Utilizatorilor Romani de Servicii Financiare (AURSF) isi exprima solidaritatea fata de colegii din Asociatia Parakletos, avand in vedere decizia instantei de a obliga reprezentantii consumatorilor la plata unor cheltuieli de judecata la o valoare care excede in mod vadit posibilitatile lor financiare. Consideram ca, in aceste conditii, consumatorii utilizatori