Very good news for now, although things could change in Germany next year with the general elections and related coalition power plays that will...
Its obvious now that FTT is coming to europe, but it is not obvious it is coming to the whole of europe, probably not even the whole of the...
yes.. but certain instruments are more easily taxed than others. In the UK shares are taxed regardless of where they are traded and it seems to...
If FDAX is trading is based in Switzerland, then traders like those in London and Switzerland and the US should be exempt. But volumes in the...
Maybe this explains why Eurex dont seem to be very concerned about the FTT.
If the "l'impot de bourse" is anything like UK stamp duty, it is the private pension funds who pay most of it, and not the banks. I wonder how...
This is still worrying. First they tax stocks, then they go after bonds, then finally try and do derivatives. I think existing rules stop them...
Could be a Posion pill incase the French opposition win. Like the 50% top rate of tax Brown left for Cameron, it doesnt raise much extra...
Also Sarko and Merkel are on different election schedules. The new German line could just be a tactic to delay things until their own...
Implementation of such a controversial taxation should be a common and concerted action among all 27 EU member countries, said Steffen Seibert,...
Prime Minister David Cameron has said for the first time he would veto a European-wide financial transaction tax unless it was imposed globally,...
And i have always wondered why Sweeden didnt try and do both? And this is probably the reason why the current lot are not deterred by the...
As futures trader in more concerned about futures which are hedging instruments and dont pay any interest, and shouldnt be confused with the real...
I dont think Intellectual property rights can interfere with the resale of products anyway. If you own a BMW and resell it, BMW cant demand a...
Can you read?, this is a Eurex section thread. And Germany is the biggest financial center in the Eurzone, all the others are not anywhere near...
No need. The German government cant tax derivatives trading in the USA or Japan (or anywhere else) where none of the counter parties are...
What legal power to they have impose the tax on say a US citizen trading Bund futures if they were listed on say the CME? They have none....
They cant stop derivatives from moving, as much as they would like to. If anyone wants to set up a futures exchange in the say the USA or Asia...
The UK can stop it from going EU wide but they cant stop France and Germany or any other country from implementing the tax by themselves....
Does anyone know what plans Eurex have? If this is introduced they need to move out of Germany, or at least move the product trading out, so...
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