An: 2018

Date: 23rd April 2018 In a recent study on Eurozone interest rates compiled by Eric Dor, the Director of Economic Studies at L`Ieseg School of Management in Paris and Lille, Belgium features at the bottom of the ranking with a reported nominal interest rate of 0.03%. The study is based

Date: 19th April 2018 Late March the EC published its proposal for cheaper euro transaction costs and fairer currency conversions within the Union. The proposal will considerably reduce fees on transactions, extending the current euro-area regime to non-euro countries, as well as limit currency conversions abroad. While in the past

Date: 18th April 2018 10 years following the crippling global effects of the financial crisis, long-standing Icelandic BETTER FINANCE member ISA (the Icelandic Savers Association) recently launched a series of lectures and open meetings on the development of global financial markets. The series will look into the aftermath of the

Date: 17th April 2018 Mr. Octavio Viana, President of BETTER FINANCE`s Portuguese member organization ATM, was confirmed as member to the CFSC Consultative Working Group (CWG) of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). BETTER FINANCE wishes to congratulate Mr. Viana on the appointment, highlighting the important work done by

Date: 28th March 2018 Concluding that Contracts for Differences (CFDs) and binary options do indeed represent a real and significant investor protection concern , the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in cooperation with National Competent Authorities (NCAs), agreed to measures prohibiting the marketing, distribution and sale of both products

Date: 22nd March 2018 As previously covered by BETTER FINANCE, shareholder activism is experiencing a new spring. As opposed to the aggressive nature of their forefathers, today`s activists put faith in cooperation and dialogue rather than conflict and public battles. While activist investors have traditionally been larger Wall Street heavyweights,

Date: 19th March 2018 In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis one thing became abundantly clear: the EU was not adequately equipped to ensure the effective cooperation and coordination between national financial supervisory bodies, or the consistent application of the EU legal framework across all Member States. The creation

Date: 8th March 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE This morning the EC released: 1. The Proposal for a Regulation on European Crowdfunding Services for Business. It: – establishes a one-stop-shop access to the EU market and therefore helps crowdfunding platforms in overcoming the barriers they face operating cross-border; – provides tailored