Steuerplanung mit Holdinggesellschaften:Steuerliche Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten international tätigen Unternehmen

This essay gives an overview of the special features of funding foreign subsidiaries. The central issue discussed ist the possibility of funding by equity capital or borrowed capital in the form of loans an trade accounts payable.

Many European companies are attracted to Maltabecause of its full imputation system, more commonlyknown as the international holding company regime.In fact, a vast majority of German blue chips run aMalta holding or finance company.[...]

In this article, we use the expression ‘‘holding haven’’to describe a tax jurisdiction with a very attractivelegal framework for holding companies. Holdinghaven regimes are more sophisticated thanconventional tax haven regimes, demanding more infrastructureand business activities....

Die aktuelle wirtschaftliche Lage der Banken in Deutschland ist durch anhaltenden Margendruck und steigende Risiken insbesondere im mittelständischen Firmenkundenkreditgeschäft gekennzeichnet. Deutschland gilt bereits seit geraumer Zeit als "overbanked". Parallel dazu wird eine abnehmende...

Ratings stehen derzeit im Brennpunkt der öffentlichen Aufmerksamkeit, vorrangigwegen der unter dem Schlagwort Basel II bekannt gewordenen Planungendes Basler Ausschusses für Bankenaufsicht. Bereits die ersten Fassungender Konsultationspapiere haben für erhebliche Diskussionen gesorgt2...

The purpose of this study is to focus on two leading industrialized nations - theU.S. and Germany - analyze the differences in the recent trends in their respectivebanking sectors and see if indeed the banking industries in these two leadingeconomies are gravitating towards a homogeneous global...

Banks continue to dier in many ways, for instance with respect to business models,growth strategies, or nancial health. Neglecting these dierences confuses ine-ciency with heterogeneity while sub-sample estimation prohibits eciency comparisonsacross dierent samples. We use a latent class...

This paper discusses the so-called commercial approach to microfinance undereconomic and ethical aspects. It first shows how microfinance has developed from a purelywelfare-oriented activity to a commercially relevant line of banking business. Thebackground of this stunning success is the almost...