French transaction tax favours structured products and swap-based ETFs

French transaction tax favours structured products and swap-based ETFs

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With derivatives so far immune to the French Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), which came into force in August, banks and providers are seeing the resulting benefits to sales of swap-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and structured products.

The FTT, which currently stands at 0.2%, covers the listed shares of French companies with a market capitalisation of more than €1 billion ($1.3 billion). Derivatives, bonds and other debt instruments are exempt from the tax unless their exercise or

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