Categorie: ENGLISH AREA

Date: 14th November 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE On 12 November the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted a draft regulation limiting charges for cross-border payments within the EU and for currency conversion services by a broad cross-party majority. Such a regulation would mean that regardless of the currency,

Date: 13th November 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE BETTER FINANCE’s (and others’) unabated efforts to convince the EU Authorities to recalibrate the capital requirements for equity have started to bear fruit. On 9 November 2018, with the input of BETTER FINANCE and other stakeholders, the Commission tabled targeted amendments to the

Date: 30th October 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE On Friday 26 October the joint meeting of the World Federation of Investors (WFI) and World Federation of Young Investors (WFYI) at the Paris Stock EURONEXT marked the conclusion of the annual meeting of the WFI. This year the annual meeting coincided with

Date: 24th October 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE Pension funds are supposed to focus on the long-term with a natural investment perspective stretching decades. From this perspective their policies should keep a keen eye on the future of the planet. Although this should be common sense, research conducted by Asset Owners

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