Position Paper on the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
In its positon paper EFB highlights the areas of concern for family businesses in the proposed Directive.
European Family Business Barometer – Successful and Resilient
In the 5th edition of the European Family Business Barometer, European Family Businesses (EFB) and KPMG once again seek to bring an insight into the confidence levels of family businesses, the challenges affecting their everyday operations and the solutions they seek to ensure their development and sustainable growth. This year we see Europe’s family businesses […]
National Study – The future looks bright for UK Family Businesses
New research by Oxford Economics for the Institute for Family Business (IFB) Research Foundation reveals the vast contribution family firms make to the UK economy – employing over 11.9 million people and making up 87 percent of all private sector firms in the UK. Throughout the course of 2014, family businesses increased employment by an impressive […]
KPMG’s Family Business Tax Monitor
Released on April 6th, 2016, the KPMG’s Family Business Tax Monitor concludes that while tax regimes around the world vary greatly, in general, countries are supporting and encouraging investment and growth in family businesses, with low tax liabilities for the transfer of businesses to the next generation upon retirement or inheritance. Where tax is due, […]
The Effects of Tax Reforms to Address the Debt-Equity Bias on the Cost of Capital and on Effective Tax Rates (29 March 2016)
Corporate income tax systems usually discriminate between the different sources of finance: They favour debt over equity financing since interest costs are deductible for tax purposes whereas there is no equivalent relief for equity-financed investments. This unequal treatment might cause economic problems such as excessive leverage in the corporate sector and an associated increased vulnerability […]
National Study – Business Dynamism in Spain
BUSINESS DYNAMISM IN SPAIN – A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE SITUATION AND PROPOSALS, published by Instituto de la Empresa Familiar, our Spanish chapter, analyses the business sector in the country, and offers a series of measures that could foster the creation and growth of companies. IEF proposes 60 viable, specific measures, which can be implemented in the short […]
The Family Business in Spain: 2015
The network of Chairs in Family Business and the Study Service of the IEF published a study examining family businesses in Spain, the aim of which is to provide solutions for the problems facing family businesses.
IEF Resume: The Business Dimension as Factor of Competitiveness
IEF provides a resume in which it focuses on aspects such as determining factors in business size, efficiency of public administrations and recommendations and propositions.
European Family Business Trends: Modern Times?
KPMG publishes a new report based on the research and insights of KPMG’s Global Centre of Excellence for Family Business, as well as using the findings from the European Family Business Barometers conducted through 2013 – 2015 in partnership with EFB, and the study Global Family Business Survey ‘Family matters: financing family business growth through individual investors’, released in […]
The EESC Opinion on Family Business (2015)
On 22 January 2015, the European Economic and Social Committee, acting under Rule 29(2) of its Rules of Procedure, decided to draw up an opinion on Family businesses in Europe as a source of renewed growth and better jobs (own-initiative opinion).