Last year France became the first country to enact the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) on stocks and other financial instruments. Other European countries were expected to follow this trend. Effective March 1st, 2013, the Italian government has imposed a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) on stocks and other instruments. Though it has not been confirmed by ADR issuers, …

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Italy’s benchmark FTSE MIB Index rose 9.04% in 2011. This is lower then other European indices such as Germany’s DAX which had an excellent run. According to a research report by AXA Investment Managers, Italian stocks are trading at a substantial discount relative to their global peers. Though the discount has decreased since the depth …

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The Italian equity market is one of the hardest hit markets in the world this year due to the European debt crisis and Italy’s own fiscal crisis that came to the forefront of investors’ attention this week. The FTSE MIB, Itlay’s benchmark equity index is down well over 20% YTD. However with the current Prime …

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** For the latest t0p 10 companies go to: The Top 10 Italian Companies By Market Cap 2016 ****** The table below lists the Top 10 Italian companies based on Market Capitalization including the ADR ticker if available: [TABLE=1029] Source: Financial Times Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (ISNPY), UniCredit SpA and Assicurazioni Generali SpA (ARZGY) can be …

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