European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users

EU Legislative Interests

Shareholders Rights Directive II, Capital Markets Union, Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions Directive, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (I and II), Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Products Directive, Insurance Distribution Directive, Financial Transaction Tax, Directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes European Long-Term Investment Funds, Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities, Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, Solvency II Directive, Personal European Pensions Product, Green New Deal, Ecolabel for financial products, Collective Redress, Markets in Crypto Assets Directive, Market Abuse Directive, the Listing Act Package, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (with a particular focus on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Directive (Collective Redress), the European Union’s Strategy for Retail Investors, the European Union's Pilot regime for market infrastructures

Communication Activities

An up-to-date overview of all our publications is available in the "publications" section of our website: https://betterfinance.eu/publications/ We usually organise or co-organise several events each year, including at least two international conferences. Current info about our past and future events can be found on the "events" section of our website: https://betterfinance.eu/events/

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

European Financial Reporting Advisory Group - EFRAG https://www.efrag.org/ European Federation of Employee Share Ownership – EFES http://www.efesonline.org/,

Organisation Members

1. A.D.A.M - Association for the Protection of Minority Shareholders 2. AEMEC http://www.aemec.eu/, 3. AGIPI https://www.agipi.com/, 4. Aksjonaerforeningen i Norge http://aksjonaerforeningen.no/, 5. Aktiespararna http://www.aktiespararna.se/, 6. ANCRE https://www.ancre-vie.com/, 7. Asociacion de Usuarios de Bancos, Cajas de Ahorros y Seguros http://adicae.net/ 8. ATM - Associacao dos Investidores e Analistas Técnicos do Mercado de Capitais http://www.associacaodeinvestidores.com/, 9. AURSF - Asociatia Utilizatorilor Români de Servicii Financiare http://www.aursf.ro/ 10. BdV - German Association of the Insured - https://www.bundderversicherten.de/ 11. 2 Degrees Investment Initiative https://2degrees-investing.org/ 12. CGPC, www.cgpc.fr 13. DAF, Dansk Aktionaerforening - http://www.shareholders.dk 14. DSW http://www.dsw-info.de/, 15. European Federation of Employee Share Ownership – EFES http://www.efesonline.org/, 16. F2iC - Fédération Française des Clubs d’Investissement http://www.f2ic.fr/ffci-portal/cms/7128/accueil.dhtml, 17. FAIDER - Federation of Independent Associations for the Protection of Pension Savers - http://faider.org/, 18. Icelandic Savers Association http://sparife.is/, 19. INVESTAS - Luxembourgish Association of Private Shareholders - http://www.investas.lu, 20. IVA - IVA Investors Association - http://www.anlegerschutz.at/, 21. Lebanese Investors Association 22. Lithuanian Consumer Institute - http://www.vartotojai.lt/en 23. MASS - Malta Association of Small Shareholders - https://mass.org.mt/ 24. Osakesaastajien Keskusliitto (Finnish Shareholders Federation) - http://www.osakeliitto.fi 25. PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association – VZMD http://www.vzmd.si/, 26. SCS (Czech Consumer Association) - http://www.konzument.cz 27. ShareAction (https://shareaction.org/) 28. ShareSoc (UK Individual Shareholders Society) http://www.sharesoc.org/, 29. SII (Polish Association of Individual Investors) http://www.sii.org.pl/, 30. The Transparency Taskforce (https://www.transparencytaskforce.org/) 31. UKSA - United Kingdom Shareholder Association - http://www.uksa.org.uk/, 32. VFB - Flemish Federation of Investors (www.vfb.be) 33. Hellenic Investor Association - HELINAS (https://helinas.gr/en/) 34. Pörssisäätiö - The Finnish Stock Exchange Foundation (https://www.porssisaatio.fi) 35. Latvian Investor and Minority Shareholder Society - IMAB (https://imab.lv/) 36. New Savers of Italy (http://www.newsavers.org/) 37. PEKABE - Schutzverband der Pensionskassenberechtigten (https://www.pekabe.at/) 38. SASV - Schweizerische Anlegerschutzverein (www.anlegerschutzverein.ch/en)

Additional Information

We receive a yearly grant under the Single Market Programme, administered by DG FISMA (Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union).