European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users
BETTER FINANCE
The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (BETTER FINANCE) is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
7 Oct 2025 · Retail investment strategy
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
26 Sept 2025 · Retail Investment Strategy
Meeting with Yann Germaine (Acting Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
1 Sept 2025 · Discussion on Insurance Guarantee Schemes
Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Philippe Thill (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque) and Finance Watch
6 Aug 2025 · Financing of both institutions.
Response to Commission recommendation on auto-enrolment, pension tracking systems and pension dashboards
21 Jul 2025
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
2 Apr 2025 · Savings and Investments Union – discussion with Swedish financial market infrastructure representatives
Response to Savings and Investments Union
7 Mar 2025
Meeting with Philippe Thill (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)
27 Feb 2025 · Online meeting with the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (Better Finance) to discuss the Retail Investment Strategy and
Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
20 Feb 2025 · Savings and investments Union (SIU)
Meeting with Vincent Hurkens (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
24 Jan 2025 · Savings and Investment Union
Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Jan 2025 · Savings and Investments Union
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
11 Dec 2024 · Retail investment The Savings and Investment Union
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
25 Oct 2024 · Exchange of views on priorities and co-operation for the new legislative term
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
13 Dec 2023 · Retail investment strategy, CMU, financial education
Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
18 Sept 2023
Meeting with Herbert Dorfmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Sept 2023 · Exchange on FASTER
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
7 Sept 2023 · Retail Investment strategy, the Listing Act package proposal and the MiFIR review
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and
18 Jul 2023 · Distribution of Retail financial products
Meeting with Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and
25 Apr 2023 · Retail Investment Strategy with a particular focus on ban on inducements
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
27 Mar 2023 · Retail Investment Strategy
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Deirdre O’Hea (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
15 Dec 2022 · Retail investment Strategy, Sustainable finance, CMU.
Meeting with Danuta Maria Hübner (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
14 Jul 2022 · MiFIR Review
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and
25 May 2022 · Retail Investment Strategy
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
18 Feb 2022 · Retail investment strategy
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
9 Dec 2021 · Retail investment strategy, CMU and sustainable finance
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
22 Apr 2021 · Capital Markets Union Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
8 Mar 2021 · Retail investment/CMU/MiFID II
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
17 Feb 2021 · Brexit, Transatlantic Dialogue
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
3 Feb 2021 · Capital Markets Union, Retail Investment, Sustainable Finance, Digital Finance.
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
2 Dec 2020 · European Capital Markets Union and new green deal.
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
9 Nov 2020 · Virtual Meeting - Introductory meeting. Retail financial services, consumer dimension
Response to Proposal for legislation fostering more sustainable corporate governance in companies
8 Oct 2020
Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
25 Sept 2020 · Consumer Agenda
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
28 May 2020 · COVID-19 relief measures
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
18 Nov 2019 · Capital Markets Union, Sustainabe Finance
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and Federation of European Securities Exchanges
5 Dec 2018 · Speech at the International Conference "EU Capital Markets 2024"
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
29 Aug 2018 · CMU, Fintech
Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
8 Mar 2018 · Collective Redress
Response to Legislative proposal for an EU framework on crowd and peer to peer finance
27 Nov 2017
Response to Fitness Check of supervisory reporting requirements in financial services legislation
14 Nov 2017
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
12 Dec 2016 · CMU; Better Finance; FSUG
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
25 Sept 2015 · Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
28 Apr 2015 · Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Denzil Davidson (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
13 Feb 2015 · Financial Services Policy
Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
3 Feb 2015 · Corporate governance