Financial Transaction Tax

Tax Talk -- Volume 6, No. 1 -- April 2013

by David de Ruig, Stephen Feldman, David Goett, Thomas Humphreys, Meimay Law, Anna T. Pinedo, Remmelt Reigersman | Morrison & Foerster - State + Local Tax... on 4/30/2013

In This Issue: House Ways & Means Committee Proposal Would Require Mark-to-Market for Derivatives and Modify Certain Other Tax Rules; After Months of Anticipation, Final FATCA Regulations Released; Congress Considers...more

Raj Mahajan, Allston Trading CEO, Talks HFT and the Business of Prop Trading [Video]

by MarketsReformWiki on 4/18/2013

Raj Mahajan took the reins at Allston Trading as CEO in September 2012 and has spent a good deal of his time looking at the issue of high frequency trading (HFT). Allston has been one of the proprietary trading firms who has...more

2013 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/10/2013

In this presentation: - General Counsel’s Address - Keynote Address - General Session — It’s a Small World After All: How Non-U.S. Regulators Affect Your Business - General Session — Closer to...more

EU Transaction Tax Would Hurt Economies, Says ICAP

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 4/8/2013

A proposed financial EU transaction tax would damage the region’s economies, says ICAP, one of the world’s largest inter-bank brokers....more

A European Financial Transaction Tax

by David Goett, Peter J. Green, Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/18/2013

In September 2011, the European Commission initially proposed that a financial transaction tax (“FTT”) be implemented by all 27 EU Member States, although it soon became clear that a significant proportion of the Member...more

European Financial Transaction Tax Proposal

by Tim Aron | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 14, the European Commission released draft text for a proposed financial transaction tax directive. If the text is implemented into law a financial transaction tax (FTT) will be payable to the tax authorities in...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - February 15, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/18/2013

In this issue: - FINRA Proposes Rule Change that Would Require Reporting OTC Equity Transactions Within 10 Seconds - FINRA Offers Changes to Proposed Rules Governing Markups, Commissions and Fees - CFTC Permits...more

U.S. Treasury Opposes E.U. Tax-On-Trades Plan

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 2/15/2013

The U.S. Treasury announced their opposition to plans by 11 European Union countries to impose a small tax on trades in shares, bonds and derivatives. The Wall Street Journal reports that the European Commission will propose...more

The European Financial Transaction Tax Proposal Returns

by Tim Aron, Carolyn H. Jackson, Nathaniel W. Lalone, Sanjay Mehta | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/15/2013

On 14 February 2013, the European Commission (the “Commission”) released draft text for a proposed financial transaction tax Directive (the “Draft Proposal”). If the text is implemented into law a financial transaction tax...more

Financial Services Tax - UK Update from Dechert's Tax Group - February 2013: Adoption of the European FTT

by David Gubbay, Daniel Hawthorne, Mark Stapleton | Dechert LLP on 2/15/2013

On 22 January 2013, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision authorising eleven countries - Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia — to proceed with the...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- February 11‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 2/12/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; International; Miscellaneous; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt Leading the Past Week - With January officially in the record books, it...more