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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF CROSS-BORDER EU INVESTMENTS IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPITAL MARKETS UNION

Date: 1st August 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE With its Communication of July 19, the European Commission reaffirmed the illegality of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties(intra-EU BITs) and stated that ”EU investors cannot invoke intra-EU BITs, which are incompatible with Union law and no longer necessary in the single market’’. Intra-EU BITs

Animated Discussion on Retail Conduct Supervision at the Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day

Date: 23rd June 2017 Today, Alin Iacob, Chairman of the Association of Romanian Financial Services Users, vice chair of the EBA Banking Stakeholder Group and Board Member of BETTER FINANCE, participated in a Panel Discussion on Retail Conduct Supervision at the Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day 2017. He brought the

Individual Investors Victims of Uncompetitive Industry says UK Regulator

Date: 6th January 2017 When taking into account pensions and lifetime savings, many citizens have significantly more money stashed away with the asset-management industry than they do with banks, yet the industry’s oligopolistic ways have ensured that fees have remained unchanged over the years resulting in some of the highest