We have adopted a Retail Investment Package that places the interests of consumers at the centre of retail investing, because European consumers are not yet getting the best deal when it comes to their investment choices.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1661339749557100544
The new rules aim to:
🔹 Help retail investors to perform better
🔹 Increase retail investors’ participation in EU capital markets
🔹 Enhance trust and confidence in capital markets
🔹 Contribute to the wider EU economy
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1661340759423942658
Today's package will make the EU an even safer place for citizens to invest for the long term.
Europeans are good savers but less likely to invest, and this retail strategy aims to unlock the investment potential of savings.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1661341351978442757
@EU_Commission It would help to have the taxation of retail investors unified as well as some Member States effectively discourage such investment through over-taxation on gains vis other income...
Read more about our proposal on Retail Investment
→ in our press release: https://europa.eu/!BGJNFn
→ in our Q&A: https://europa.eu/!xVFnTQ
→ in our factsheet: https://europa.eu/!9RNvNC
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1661341813859315714