# Prof. Yakov Amihud on how an EU financial-transactions tax will affect the Swiss market

1 Faculty News March 12, 2012 ![MarketWatch logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketwatch%20logo.jpg?itok=pHUVfozf)>

Excerpt from [MarketWatch](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/swiss-stand-to-gain-from-eu-transactions-tax-2012-03-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp) -- "'I can see a situation where the center of trading a Swiss stock will migrate in time to another market,' [Amihud](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/yakov-amihud) added. London, for example, could be a more suitable trading platform for Swiss stocks because of its time zone compared with New York."

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