Ethics and governance in the European Financial centers

Archives > 2009-03

03/31/2009

Courage or thoughtlessness (update)

The AFP reported that Prime Minister Juncker attacked the USA by saying "The G20 has no credibility as an undertaking if Delaware, Wyoming or Nevada or far-flung islands from the United States are not on the blacklist. If there must be a blacklist then, America should have its place on it." It is true that the USA have their own tax havens that are not targetted by the Stop tax haven Abused Act. They definitely should be. But Prime Minister Juncker forgets that his jurisdiction is not so targetted by the USA : it was not under the US Senate investigation on tax havens. By acting...

Read more 0

03/29/2009

Offshore in Luxembourg : the tax haven is there

The Commission on the Financial crisis this week provided its report titled « Vers un nouveau modèle de croissance » (Towards a new model for growth). As I said , when it is written that « Bien que les temps où le Luxembourg était considéré, à juste titre, comme centre offshore soient révolus … » (“Although times when Luxembourg was considered, and rightly so, as an offshore center are...

Read more 0

03/29/2009

Better late than never

The Luxembourg government has just filed on 20 March 2009 the Bill N°6017 bearing 1. Approval of the Council Act of … 29 May 2000 establishing in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on...

Read more 0

03/28/2009

Action against the CSSF in Luxembourg

03/28/2009

The Luxembourg Lion has become a growing old cat which miaows with despair

More posts...
> Top