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Date: 8th March 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE According to a recent article published in the Financial Times, asset managers should seriously consider a recent proposal by Mercer that would completely overhaul the relationship between asset managers and their clients. Mercer suggested that asset managers should pay investors to run their

Date: 7th March 2018 A new report by think-tank New Financial finds that EU capital markets continue to underperform, widening the transatlantic gap with US capital markets. Relative to the size of the economy, most sectors of EU capital markets have shrunk over the past decade – with remnants from

Date: 5th March 2018 In response to the final report from the High-level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance, published in late January of this year, Dutch and German pension fund representatives as well as European-wide representative association PensionsEurope warn against a “one-size-fits all” approach. The report is set to

Date: 1st March 2018 Emerging Financial Technology (Fintech) has a, seemingly endless, potential to drive efficiency gains and the disintermediation of financial services, thereby bringing about decreased transaction costs. Keeping in mind that Fintech so far remains relatively unchartered territory, regulatory measures and their effects on the future development of

Date: 28th February 2018 Virtual Currencies (VCs) and blockchain technology are all the buzz, with their regulation now subject to national as well as international discussions. Following the ESAs warning on VC trading earlier this month (access BETTER FINANCE`s article here), a Roundtable led by European Commission VP Valdis Dombrovskis,

Date: 27th February 2018 With work to complete the Capital Markets Union (CMU) underway, reforms with regards to the functioning of the European System of Financial Supervisors (ESFS) were welcomed by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) during its plenary session in February. By increasing the competencies and improving

Date: 23rd February 2018 The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were supported by European citizens in their double quality as depositors and taxpayers. The overhaul of the banking sector (see article here) put mechanisms for prudential oversight and crisis resolution in place. Just one piece of legislation remains to

Date: 21st February 2018 The EC announced their nomination of Mr Boštjan Jazbec as a member to the Single Resolution Board (SRB) in a press release on Wednesday 14th of February. Though Mr Jazbec has proven experience with monetary policy issues, for instance as the Governor of the Bank of