Inform, Engage & Litigate

Inform
European Investors’ team of CFA analysts give our members access to in-depth analysis of the markets. Our equity barometers present an elaborate, independent overview of companies’ financials, risks and ESG-metrics.

Engage
We represent investors in regulatory discussions and constructively engage with listed companies. Our objective is to enhance trust in European capital markets by promoting transparency, engagement and accountability.

Litigate
European Investors has an unrivalled track record in litigation and initiates class actions to reclaim losses incurred by investors as a result of unlawful behaviour.

For more information on our class actions or to register, please contact our Head of Institutional Investors, Mr. Edgar Kooter at info@europeaninvestors.eu.

European Investors – VEB seek compensation for investors from Wirecard’s auditor EY in Germany

- EY, in its capacity as statutory auditor of Wirecard AG has not assumed the full width of its responsibilities and, hence has not properly fulfilled its role. - EY has played a significant role in the whole Wirecard scandal, not only from its inability t...

European Investors expects transparency on postponement 2019 financial statement Wirecard AG

On 25 May 2020 Wirecard postponed its presentation of the 2019 consolidated financial statement for the third time to 18 June 2020. This worry investors because Wirecard's CEO - Dr Markus Braun - stated on 3 May that EY would have 'no problem' in signing off t...

Is Airbus strong enough to sing it out without state aid?

With almost 30 billion euros in cash and a healthy order book, Airbus has survived the first part of the crisis well. The Spanish-French-German aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands, does not want to hear of state aid. How long can...

COVID-19 checklist

Alternative topics during exceptional times Message from the chairman In light of the extraordinary circumstances arisen from the global outbreak of COVID-19, many governments have taken actions to drastically restrict the free movements of people while al...

Sustainable investment funds deliver on ESG but not always on returns

The ultimate challenge for sustainable investment funds is being able to combine social, climate-related and governance issues with good returns. This European Investors’ study ranks the funds by using the individual companies’ ESG scores and included these...

The pursuit of equity investment in SMEs

European Investors believes that EU citizens and SMEs should contribute to and benefit from well-functioning equity markets and gain of the associated economic growth. If credit or bank financing isn’t available for SMEs, market financing is an option. However...

Update VEB/European Investors class action against VW

On 24 September 2019 the German prosecutor in Braunschweig announced proceedings against VW’s CEO Herbert Diess and the Chairman of VW’s supervisory board Hans Dieter Pötsch and former CEO Martin Winterkorn in a 636 page complaint. The investigation and pro...

Series of studies on Sustainable Finance

Fraud risks and corruption, climate change and social injustice. These factors are gaining more attention from investors. This growing level of interest has also been prompted by forthcoming legislation which expects that factors should be taken into accoun...