EFTA Document EFTA01449213

30 July 2013 Exchange Rate Perspectives: FX and the Financial Transaction Tax transaction. For example, where a dealer provides liquidity to a financial entity and simultaneously hedges the same transaction with a third counterpany, afl three entities are likely to be caught. The FX industry would be impacted by this cascade effect. FX is an intermediated market, with several potential stages between the client and ultimate liquidity provider. These stages have evolved in response to demand for tighter pricing and a more efficient market. For example, in the case of an NDF transaction, a dealer is able to provide a better price for a client by being able to hedge that transaction through an offsetting one with a third counterpany. By discouraging this kind of intermediation, the FTI. may result in dealers providing wider prices for clients. By definition many FX transactions also contain multiple legs, each of may be subject to the FTT. For example, an FX swap is composed of two forward transactions, meaning that the FTT could be charged twice. FX transactions can also involve very large notionals, which would increase gross costs. As illustrated by the diagram below, a headline rate of 1bp translates into a much higher effective rate once the multiple steps of a typical FX transaction is taken into account. In this case, the final cost for a USD/iNFI NDF potentially increases up to 8bp, meaning the absolute cost for a USD 10.000,000 notional becomes US() 8,000. Figure 17 The FIT 'Cascade Effect' &madam =OMR 1 mceith M$. nmional USD 10,000.000. ScIvenunc based on European toininnilan OnVinal and IS diugrative Only .t, Ell Total Final Cost Saga Past/0SM Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Financial Institutions ad World Bank an II) (1) New world Bank Non-financial Institutions Corporates Can Chown Bank Bank II) 'V tst (1) (1) Bank Bank Bank Bank * Prime Broker Clearing Haze O4.N1ug Broker Clewing 8reskei CI' -nt Max: USD 8.000 Min. USD 4,000 ( I Max: USD 8.000 Min: USD4.800 Max: USD 5001) Min: DSO 3,000 ma Max: USD 7,000 Min: use 3,000 Lism ck,it MM." Pays 9 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) CONFIDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0 104522 SDNY_GM_00250706 EFTA01449213