Categorie: ENGLISH AREA

Date: 14th March 2017 Today, the European Parliament adopted the revised Shareholders ‘rights directive, which was presented by the European Commission in April 2014. On this occasion, Commissioner Jourová said: „We have learned our lessons from the past. For a stable European economy, it is essential to look beyond fast

Date: 13th March 2017 Whereas in the US VW admitted its wrongdoing and set aside billions of dollars for car owners, European consumers are being left high and dry. VW claims that there is no need to compensate European consumers since according to them they did not suffer losses in

Date: 3rd March 2017 The purchase of the Robo-adviser FutureAdvisor by BlackRock in 2015 (the world’s largest asset manager) shows the increasing interest from ETF providers for automated online investment services for financial advice. A study published by BI Intelligence revealed that Robo-advice will grow rapidly in the coming years

Date: 2nd March 2017 Proposed by the European Commission in 2011, to make sure the industry made a “ fair contribution” after taxpayers bore the costs of the financial crisis, the Financial Transaction Tax ( FTT) is under discussion regarding its effects on pension funds. On the 21st of February,

Date: 2nd March 2017 Launched in September 2015, the Capital Markets Union (CMU) is a key pillar of the Investment Plan which aims to tackle investment shortages head-on by increasing and diversifying the funding sources for Europe’s businesses and long-term projects. In the third pillar of the Investment Plan –

Date: 22nd February 2017 On the 22 February 2017, 9 European organizations and associations, including BETTER FINANCE, launched a new European Platform for Financial Education. The initiative responds to the need for financial education and to boost financial literacy in Europe. The founding partners of this platform believe that a

Date: 21st February 2017 A study published by ALTER-EU has analyzed DG FISMA’s meeting with lobbyists. The study points out 3 alarming practices that run counter the transparency rules. Only 16% of the meetings held by DG FISMA with lobbyists are published In fact, only the Commissioner and the Director

Date: 20th February 2017 On the 2nd of February 2017, the European Banking Authority published its report on high earners in EU banks. According to its report, the total number of high earners increased from 3.865 in 2014 to 5.142 in 2015, representing a 33.04% increase compared to 2014 (a