Leif Vindevåg
Leif Vindevåg
The team at BETTER FINANCE is deeply saddened by the news of the sudden departure of Leif...
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"Back to basics": teaching financial literacy to adults
"Back to basics": teaching financial literacy to adults
Following the first PISA financial literacy test taken by 29.000 students from...
New ESMA consultations
New ESMA consultations
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) made the following...
Greens launch "Stop bank subsidies campaign!"
Greens launch "Stop bank subsidies campaign!"
Even though progress was made following the financial crisis and it has since been widely...
The new composition of the European Parliament ECON Committee
The new composition of the European Parliament ECON Committee
Following the Parliamentary elections in May, it is now time to analyze the new composition of the...
Double taxation of dividends revisited
Double taxation of dividends revisited
As it stands Belgian taxpayers holding French shares are doubly taxed on...
EIOPA launches consultation on the distribution of retail investment products
EIOPA launches consultation on the distribution of retail investment products
The European Authority in charge of Insurance and Pensions - EIOPA - just issued discussion...
ESMA launches consultation on MiFID II and MiFIR
ESMA launches consultation on MiFID II and MiFIR
On 15 April 2014, the European Parliament adopted legislation that will replace the current...
Ombudsman launches public consultation for investigation into Commission's expert groups
Ombudsman launches public consultation for investigation into Commission's expert groups
On 14 September 2011, Better Finance (then “EuroInvestors”) and BEUC (the European Consumer...
Review of the Shareholder Rights Directive: Better Finance asks for free of charge voting rights for individual EU shareholders
Review of the Shareholder Rights Directive: Better Finance asks for free of charge voting rights for individual EU shareholders
During a debate on the European Commission's proposal to amend the Shareholder Rights Directive...
Italian's government reform to scrap pensions regulator
Italian's government reform to scrap pensions regulator
The Italian government is working on a reform of the public sector aimed at abolishing costly...
Financial Offenders advise EC on Financial Regulation
Financial Offenders advise EC on Financial Regulation
Better Finance has long denounced the disproportionate influence by financial institutions on the...
