Brussels to give small investors a leg up

The Commission wants to improve retail investors’ access to the capital market by adjusting European legislation. EU Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said at the presentation of the retail investor strategy that Europe has one of the world’s highest individual savings rates. Nevertheless, citizens are much more reluctant than, for example, US citizens when it comes to investing in financial products. To justify this, he pointed out that citizens „do not always get the best deals available or appropriate value for money.“