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Euronext launches Europe’s first index dedicated to family businesses
February 22nd, 2017
Euronext today announced the launch of Euronext® Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the four countries covered by Euronext. Components of the Euronext® Family ...
Czech Prime Minister will propose a special tax on banks
February 18th, 2017
The Czech Republic’s ruling centre-left Social Democratic Party will propose a special tax on banks to help fund schools and infrastructure and keep profits from leaving the country as part of its manifesto for elections in October. The plan ...
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped
February 16th, 2017
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped As the helicopter roars its way west from the Tel Aviv coast, two dots emerge from the featureless blue. Closer up, they begin to take shape: Giant platforms for ...
All EU Member States’ economies set to grow in 2016, 2017 and 2018, EC forecast
February 15th, 2017
For the first time in almost a decade, the economies of all EU Member States are expected to grow for three consecutive years (2016-2018) according to the European Commission’s Winter Forecast published today. The UK economy is forecast to ...
Swiss voters rejected corporate tax reforms
February 14th, 2017
The European Commission is disappointed that Swiss voters rejected plans to overhaul corporate taxes and will consult with European Union governments on how to proceed, the EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday. Voters on Sunday blocked the ...
Brexit uncertainty caused UK fintech investments slump
February 9th, 2017
Global venture capitalist investment in the financial technology (fintech) sector increased by about 11% to reach $17.4bn last year, but there was a 33.7% drop in the UK. The UK retained its place as recipient of the third-largest amount ...
Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in euro area
February 8th, 2017
eurostat has issued a press release to inform in relation with the volume of retail trade in euro area and in EU28 for December 2016. In December 2016 compared with November 2016, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade ...
Sweden’s competition watchdog opposes a proposed tax on financial services companies
February 6th, 2017
Sweden’s competition watchdog has come out against a proposed tax on financial services companies, saying it would hit their ability to compete internationally and skew the domestic market. The opinion, published on the watchdog’s website, was sent to the ...
E.U. Includes U.S. on List of Potential Tax Havens
February 6th, 2017
The European Commission views the United States as a potential tax haven, according to a draft list of 90 countries that Brussels views as problematic. Countries on the list, obtained by Handelsblatt, are categorized based on three risk factors ...
ESMA publishes 2017 Suprvision plan for CRAs, Trade Repositories and 3rd Country CCPs
February 6th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Annual Report and Supervision Work Programmes (Report) setting out its main areas of supervisory focus for credit rating agencies (CRAs), trade repositories (TRs), and third country central counterparties ...