Autor: Dan Cristian

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

Date: 5th September 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE Turns out it pays to be consciously-minded! In a survey of 650 institutions from around the world, ‘Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2018’ found that institutional investors who focus more on sustainability appear to be more confident in achieving their return expectations than those

Date: 31st August 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE Summer has come and gone but the debate surrounding the PEPP’s “capital protection” feature remains on the table. With the ECON committee voting on the PEPP Regulation around the corner, BETTER FINANCE warns one last time that true capital protection implies that the

Date: 28th August 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE In September 2015 the European Commission adopted an Action Plan setting out a list of over 30 actions and related measures to establish a Capital Market Union (CMU) by 2019. Despite the progress that has been made to date, Europe’s capital markets remain