Categorie: 2022

ESMA Report Confirms BETTER FINANCE Findings of Investor Detriment through “Fixed Fee Splits” in Securities Lending

PRESS RELEASE BETTER FINANCE Brussels, 10 June 2022 A report published on Tuesday 31 May 2022 by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), confirms BETTER FINANCE’s findings that fund managers often don’t seem to act in the best interest of fund investors when it comes to securities lending. Three

European Retirement Week 2022 takes place from 28 November – 3 December

Date: 3rd June 2022 Author: BETTER FINANCE Type: Press Releases European Retirement Week 2022 will take place from 28 November through to 3 December 2022. The group of stakeholders behind the initiative jointly promotes the two main goals of European Retirement Week: raising awareness of the pension challenge and serving

Retail Investing Surge Cushions Economic Downturn and Calls for Adequate Reforms

Date: 1st June 2022 Author: BETTER FINANCE Type: Press Releases Over the last two years, health-related restrictions and economic shutdowns had unforeseen effects on European capital markets. An increase in disposable income available for EU households to invest, and at least four and a half million[1] previously inactive EU savers

Last chance for Member States to support EU citizens as investors and finally ban Payment for Order Flow (PFOF)

Date: 30th May 2022 Author: BETTER FINANCE Type: Press Releases Member States have until 31 May to actively support transparent, efficient, and accessible equity markets for retail investors and submit their written comments to the French Presidency working on the Compromise Proposal for the review of MIFIR regulation. In order