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Maria Fekter

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Name: Maria Fekter

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Jean-Claude Juncker

Van Rompuy seeks tax compromise by imposing deadline

Austria and Luxembourg have so far stalled EU-wide agreement on automatic exchange of information on deposit accounts.Officials and diplomats seemed doubtful that a final breakthrough would be achieved on Wednesday (22 May) since both countries are giving ... [Published EurActiv.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Deadline, Taxes, Austria, Maria Fekter, Jean-Claude Juncker

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

British PM tries to break deadlock on tax havens

BRUSSELS - EU leaders will make another bid to agree rules on tax evasion after UK Prime Minister David Cameron called on 10 British tax havens to "get their house in order" on secret bank accounts.In a letter released Monday (20 May) to the leaders of ... [Published EUobserver - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tax-Haven, Deadlock, Taxes, European Union

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Pierre Moscovici

Swiss banks may lose secrecy

Switzerland will soon have to be more open about the bank details of foreigners when the European Commission changes its rules.Small, beautiful and wealthy - Switzerland has long been associated with secret finances.The tiny European country has never ... [Published 3 News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Switzerland, Bank Secrecy, Liechtenstein, Pierre Moscovici

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Joaquin Almunia

Hypo to Require € 1bn This Year

The ailing banking institute Hypo Group in the province of Carinthia will need € 1bn. On Friday, the managing board of Hypo Group will present a restructuring plan to the Finance Minister.The central points of the concept presented by Hypo Group’s managing ... [Published TeleTrader.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: sodium thiosulfate, Deadline, Maria Fekter, Joaquin Almunia, Book Value

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

[Agenda] EU leaders discuss energy and tax next WEEK

Today @ 18:36RelatedBRUSSELS - Energy and tax policy are on next WEEK’s agenda as European leaders gather in Brussels for a summit on Wednesday (22 May).Member states want to harvest an estimated €1 trillion lost every year to tax evasion.It is hoped ... [Published EUobserver - May 17 2013]

Entities: European Union, Taxes, Luxemburg (Luxembourg), Austria

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Klaus Liebscher

Austrian "Good" Banks Balk At Bad-Bank Bailout

Since 2009, when Hypo Alpe Adria was 'nationalized', the Austrian government has dumped more than EUR2 billion into the troubled bank. It remains on life-support but this time the government-proposed 'aid' being offered is running into a wall. The rest ... [Published Zero Hedge - May 17 2013]

Entities: Austria, Ireland, Klaus Liebscher, UniCredit Bank Austria AG

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

European Commission

European Commission gets go-ahead to negotiate with Switzerland et al

Austria and Luxembourg have agreed to allow the European Commission to negotiate a new tax information exchange treaty with Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and San Marino.The five countries already have an agreement with the European Union ... [Published STEP Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Switzerland, European Commission, Luxemburg (Luxembourg)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Austria’s Failed Kommunalkredit Sale Adds to Fekter’s Bank Woes

Austria, at loggerheads with European regulators about several of its nationalized banks, failed to sell municipal lender Kommunalkredit Austria AG and is halting new business at the bank.Kommunalkredit, the first Austrian bank to be nationalized in 2008, ... [Published Bloomberg - May 16 2013]

Entities: Maria Fekter, Austria, KA Finanz AG

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

EU gets down to business to tackle tax evasion

EU finance ministers want to strengthen data exchange on foreign capital investments - preferably on a global scale. But this idea has already been met with resistance in Europe. Still, they have moved a step forward.Pressure on tax evaders in the EU ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 15 2013]

Entities: European Union, Tax Evasion, Luxemburg (Luxembourg), Austria

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 5 reports

Swiss bank secrecy talks get go ahead

Small, beautiful and wealthy - Switzerland has long been associated with secret finances. The tiny European country has never been inclined to join in - staying out of World War Two and keeping its own currency even when those around it adopted the euro. ... [Published Reuters UK - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bank Secrecy, Maria Fekter, Liechtenstein, Pierre Moscovici, Switzerland

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Austria Revisits Hypo Alpe Bad-Bank Plans Dismissed by Fekter

Austria is reconsidering plans to establish a separate “bad bank” to wind down delinquent loans at nationalized lender Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG, a move that could add to the nation’s debt.The government is discussing whether separate wind-down ... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Maria Fekter, Austria, Werner Faymann, Hypo Alpe Adria Bk AG, KA Finanz AG

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 4 reports

Vienna eyes banking secrecy deal with EU by May 22

Austria hopes to reach a deal with the European Union next month that would preserve banking secrecy for Austrians but open accounts held by foreigners to scrutiny, Chancellor Werner Faymann said on Saturday.Faymann told public Radio Oe1 that the May ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Werner Faymann, European Union, Vienna, Austria

Quotes

"I'm opposed to harmonization at a high level," says Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter. "i support tax competition. it's in the national interest to structure the tax system in such a way as to make a country more attractive to businesses."

Corporate Tricks: EU Faces Tough Battle to Close Tax Loopholes [Published Spiegel Online - May 21 2013]

...and Liechtenstein will be valid as before, and we can continue our system of withholding tax," Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter says. "therefore, we found an agreement on the three conditions the austrian government had."

Swiss banks may lose secrecy [Published 3 News - May 20 2013]

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British PM tries to break deadlock on tax havens [Published EUobserver - May 21 2013]
Cameron Urges UK Offshore Centers to Clamp Down... [Published Global Finance Magazine - May 20 2013]
Swiss banks may lose secrecy [Published 3 News - May 20 2013]
[Agenda] EU leaders discuss energy and tax next... [Published EUobserver - May 17 2013]
Hypo to Require € 1bn This Year [Published TeleTrader.com - May 17 2013]
Austrian "Good" Banks Balk At Bad-Bank Bailout [Published Zero Hedge - May 17 2013]
European Commission gets go-ahead to negotiate ... [Published STEP Journal - May 16 2013]
Austria’s Bank Woes Grow as Failed Sale Adds to... [Published Washington Post - May 16 2013]
Austria’s Failed Kommunalkredit Sale Adds to Fe... [Published Bloomberg - May 16 2013]
Austria and Luxembourg hold out against tougher... [Published European Voice - May 16 2013]
Austrian rivals baulk at supporting Hypo Alpe A... [Published Sharenet - May 15 2013]
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EU gets down to business to tackle tax evasion [Published Deutsche Welle - May 15 2013]
Business summit underscores EU’s broader gender... [Published EurActiv.com - May 15 2013]
EU keeps tax-hunt momentum, even as resistance ... [Published XinMsn - May 14 2013]
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Swiss bank secrecy talks get go ahead [Published Reuters UK - May 14 2013]
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Die EU und das Problem der Steuerflucht [Published Europe Online Magazine - May 14 2013]
Vienna waltzes out of EU tax evasion deal [Published New Europe - May 14 2013]
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EU ministers haggle over purge on tax evasion [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 14 2013]
Austria edges towards ending banking secrecy [Published Reuters - May 14 2013]
Austria under pressure to back off at EU tax ev... [Published Europe Online Magazine - May 14 2013]
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Austrian "Good" Banks Balk At Bad-Bank Bailout [Published Zero Hedge - May 17 2013] Since 2009, when Hypo Alpe Adria was 'nationalized', the Austrian government has dumped more than EUR2 billion into the troubled bank. It remains on life-support but this time the government-proposed 'aid' being offered is running into a wall. The rest ...
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