An: 2018

Date: 19th October 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE Earlier this year BETTER FINANCE congratulated EIOPA – The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority – for its successful efforts in striking a balance in its Insurance and Pensions Stakeholder Groups (IRSG and OPSG) between the number of industry representatives and representatives from

Date: 9th October 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE BETTER FINANCE has been monitoring the performance of EU pension and long-term savings since 2013, with its 6th edition of the “The Real Return” by now covering 16 countries and over 85% of the EU population. Unfortunately, the dire state of pension savings

Date: 2nd October 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE The US-American authorities Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have investigated cars from Volkswagen AG and found that, among others, certain US emission standards have been violated. Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in engines of certain Volkswagen cars have

Date: 2nd October 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE According to research carried out by Morningstar aimed at comparing the performance of active funds with that of index trackers and passive funds over 10 years, managers have consistently failed to beat their benchmarks. In fact, most active fund managers on average outperformed

Date: 19th September 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE In comparison to men, women save more for their future through pension savings. Last year, 84% of women saved towards a workplace pension pot. This is a fairly large increase in comparison to 2007, where just 63% of women who did the same.

Date: 19th September 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE BETTER FINANCE wishes to stress that providing EU citizens with a really safe PEPP is critical for their future pension adequacy. It is happy to see that the MEPs approved some of the improvements for pension savers it has been supporting, such as:

Date: 14th September 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE As we’ve emphasized in the past, BETTER FINANCE believes that the concept of sustainable finance should translate into products that are exemplary in complying with EU investor protection rules (especially in terms of transparency on performance). BETTER FINANCE is pleased to see that

Date: 12th September 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE In 2016, BETTER FINANCE joined the The Stichting Volkswagen Investors’ Claim in order to help investors obtain redress for “Dieselgate” scandal (information can be found here) Now, time has come for high-ranking Volkswagen executives to testify in court in a case concerning the