Until the end of the week, Malta will be hosting the annual meeting of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (Better Finance), which began yesterday with the meeting of the Legal Committee of Better Finance. At the latter, the PanSlovenian Investors’ & Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) President, Mr. Kristjan Verbič, was kindly asked to present the conditions and ramifications of inclusion of the Slovenian Central Securities Clearing Corporation (KDD) into the T2S Settlement Platform. Exactly this is about to incur new and disproportionate costs for shareholders, which, according to the assurances of the relevant Slovenian decision-makers, supervisors and financial industry, is recognized throughout Europe, but which is obviously not true. Each and everymember of the Legal Committee of Better Finance (reputable legal experts from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Sweden) was extremely shocked to hear about the conditions and circumstances regarding minority shareholders in Slovenia, and they were especially surprised at the practices regarding the compensations for the dividend payout, of which they first heard from Mr. Verbič.
After the last night's reception and gala dinner, the today's events continued into the meeting of the Executive Board, whose member is also the VZMD President, and the General Meeting of this influential European association is taking place, which brings together over 50 national and transnational associations and over four million of individual investors.
Currently the international conference "THE NEW EU SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS" is taking place, which is organized by Better Finance together with Malta Association of Small Shareholders (MASS). Numerous international guests and experts were initially addressed by the MASS President, Mr. Alfred Portelli, and the local Minister of Finance, Mr. Edward Scicluna, followed by the presentation of the new European directive regarding the protection of shareholders, which was given by the representative from the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers at the European Commission, Ms. Joanne Sikora-Wittnebel. The interesting event will be followed by the presentations and speech of the Secretary General of European Issuers (EuropeanIssuers), Ms. Florence Bindelle, the Chairman of the Board of the Malta Stock Exchange, Mr. Joseph Portelli, and chairman of the Malta Financial Service Authority (MFSA), Mr. Joe Banister.
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