Verbriefungstransaktionen (oder sogenannte ABS-Finanzierungen ) sind eine gängige Finanzierungsform, deren rechtliche Struktur insb im österreichischen Zivil- und Insolvenzrecht eine Vielzahl von grundlegenden Fragen aufwirft. Das vorliegende Werk beleuchtet die Ausgestaltung der...

The U.S. Tax Program for Swiss Banks is a very significant part of the recent history of the Swiss financial industry. It has accelerated the transformation of the Swiss banking industry from a system that relied on bank secrecy to a much more compliant one. It was also rather costly for the...

A typology of tax evasion -- Combatting offshore tax evasion -- International cooperation in tax matters -- The Anti-money laundering legal framework and its Application to tax evasion offences -- Tax evasion legislation in the UK and US -- The enforcement of tax evasion legislation in the UK...

GDP contracted by 9 1\2 percent in 2020-a much steeper decline than during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC)-but it is now recovering with the easing of containment measures and economic policy support. Banks are closely connected to the corporate sector through high credit exposures and...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Finanzplatz Schweiz: Financial Center Switzerland -- Chapter 3: Swiss Banking System -- Chapter 4: Swiss Bank (Customer) Secrecy & the International Exchange of Information -- Chapter 5: Swiss Financial Market Regulators & Laws -- Chapter 6: Swiss...

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2. Historical Background -- Chapter 3. Banks in the Old Confederation and in Geneva (Before 1848) -- Chapter 4. Free Banking and the Foundation of the Swiss National Bank (1826-1907) -- Chapter 5. Railway Boom, the Big Banks, and the Ascent of...

Als ein Whistleblower dem Rechercheteam der Süddeutschen Zeitung Tausende Kontodaten der Credit Suisse zuspielt, stossen die Enthüllungsjournalisten auf Diktatoren, Geheimdienstchefs, Könige, Kardinäle und ganz normale Superreiche. Sie alle deponierten Geld in der Schweiz, darunter Geld, das...

The U.S. Tax Program for Swiss banks is a very significant part of the recent history of the Swiss financial industry. It has accelerated the transformation of the Swiss banking industry from a system that relied on bank secrecy to a much more compliant one. It was also rather costly for the...

The U.S. Tax Program for Swiss Banks is a very significant part of the recent history of the Swiss financial industry. It has accelerated the transformation of the Swiss banking industry from a system that relied on bank secrecy to a much more compliant one. It was also rather costly for the...

The U.S. Tax Program for Swiss banks is a very significant part of the recent history of the Swiss financial industry. It has accelerated the transformation of the Swiss banking industry from a system that relied on bank secrecy to a much more compliant one. It was also rather costly for the...

Faced with the demands, challenges and risks of an ever evolving and complex digital economy, there remains a formidable position – and possibly more formidable one in the years to come, to be assumed by computer forensics – and particularly in respect of combatting aggressive tax planning...

Inventors face a stark choice between two intellectual property systems of protecting innovative ideas: patents and trade secrecy. But accounts of this choice underexplore the role of the regulators that dominate some areas of innovation. Regulation interacts with intellectual property...

Banking secrecy, one of the pillars of the functioning of financial systems, has undergone major changes lately, even in countries known for compliance. This shows a significant transformation of global economic-financial paradigms under increasingly strong pressure of the crisis. Automatic...

This project examines recent and ongoing misconduct in the financial sector and implications for corporate governance and accountability. The misconduct ranges from abusive mortgage trades and misreporting on derivatives losses to manipulation of commodity markets. Major corporations, such as...

Full paper published in Journal of Financial Crime, vol 8, no 2, 150-155 (November 2000)The obligation of a bank as a matter of contract with its customer to honor its duty of secrecy over the information it holds presents a barrier to an efficient, competitive and informed securities market....

This study analyses cross‐border capital flows in order to verify the existence and direction of the effect of the soft regulation promoted by international organizations against banking secrecy which characterized the so called tax and financial heavens. This effect is called in the...

"This volume takes an in-depth look at the economic issue of capital flight and outlines strategic methods to address the problem of international tax evasion and bank secrecy. In order to address these issues, the book explores the development prospects of tax evasion governance and identifies...

While financial secrecy has recently risen on the agenda of policy makers and scholars alike, much remains unknown about its development since the global financial crisis. To show how financial secrecy evolved over time on average, by category, and across countries, we combine the five Financial...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 An Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering -- The Emergence of AML -- AML as a Compliance Domain -- The Objectives of AML -- Regulatory Reporting -- Corporate Citizenship versus Profitability --...

The Dimensions and Flaws of Tax Evasion -- A Finance Greatly Marked by Offshore -- The Limits of International Financial Statistics on Offshore Practices -- The Role of Bleaching Mechanisms -- Diversification of Countermeasures and Strengthening Them -- Worrying Business for Banks' Reputations...

The pressure on tax haven countries to engage in tax information exchange shows first effects on capital markets. Empirical research suggests that investors do react to information exchange and partially withdraw from previous secrecy jurisdictions that open up to information exchange. While...

The pressure on tax haven countries to engage in tax information exchange shows first effects on capital markets. Empirical research suggests that investors do react to information exchange and partially withdraw from previous secrecy jurisdictions that open up to information exchange. While...

Both academic research and public policy debate around tax havens and offshore finance typically suffer from a lack of definitional consistency. Unsurprisingly then, there is little agreement about which jurisdictions ought to be considered as tax havens — or which policy measures would result...

Cross Border banking has become the prevailing reality. This fact is reflected twice over: Many banks operate outside their homeland by opening branches and subsidiaries in foreign countries. At the same time, they provide services in their home countries, not only to local citizens but also to...

Against the backdrop of corruption and money laundering this paper explores the extent to which the anti money laundering framework has the potential to prevent corruption. The paper starts with an examination of the anti-corruption conventions (in particular, the United Nations Convention...

One of the characteristics of the banking system in Israel is – or at least used to be - the relatively high level of bank secrecy. Bank secrecy is one of the key obligations imposed on the bank vis-à-vis its customer. It embodies not only the customer's interest but also the interest of...

The Selected Issue Paper discusses the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) balance sheet risks and policy implications. Despite increased profit allocations, SNB capital has not kept pace with its growing balance sheet. The paper also explores the empirical determinants of pressures on the Swiss...

Tax whistle-blowers provide valuable leads and often offer unique insights to compliance challenged taxpayers. The IRS must act promptly when receiving specific and credible information regarding tax compliance issues when that information can be corroborated through examination activity. In...

Prof. Stephen Cohen, whose academic specialty is taxation, also has an interest in international human rights and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights in the Carter Administration. In this comment, Prof. Cohen asks whether states like Switzerland, which provide bank...

This study analyses the cross border capital flows in order to verify existence and direction of the so called stigma effect: Is the soft regulation against banking secrecy promoted by the international organization effective? We test if the FAFT listing-delisting events are effective sticks and...

This 2012 Article IV Consultation highlights that rising unemployment, stagnant wage growth, and lower confidence have all contributed to falling private consumption and low inflation in San Marino. Financial sector balance sheets have continued to compress on the back of steady outflows of...

The paper contains a theoretical discussion of the role of secrecy in the implementation of monetary policy. It documents the Federal Reserve's defense of secrecy as argued in a recent Freedom of Information Act suit. The Federal Reserve's arguments are evaluated on the basis of economic theory....

Like the heavy handed legislative response to 9/11 contained in the US Patriot Act, Australia has passed new legislation to attempt to suppress terrorist financing. The legislation imposes disclosure obligations on banks to detect and to disclose terrorism financing to law enforcement agencies....

The duty to keep customer information confidential affects banks on a daily basis. Bank secrecy regimes around the world differ and multi-national banks can find themselves in conflicted positions with a duty to protect information in one jurisdiction and a duty to disclose it in another. This...