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The US Department of the Treasury (the Treasury), with the assistance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, conducts a mandatory benchmark survey every five years. ...more
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial role in the global economy, and the United States has long been an attractive destination for international investors. To accurately gauge the impact and trends of FDI, the US...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce requires an incorporated U.S. business enterprise or an equivalent unincorporated U.S. business enterprise in which a foreign person or entity owns or...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) prepares official U.S. economic statistics, such as the U.S. international transactions accounts, the national income and product accounts, and the...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis ("BEA") collects data regarding U.S. multinational enterprise investments and prepares official U.S. economic statistics through a series of quarterly, annual, and...more
Every five years, U.S. companies in which a foreign person or entity holds an ownership interest with a right to vote, representing 10% or more of the company’s equity, are required to file a form with the U.S. Bureau of...more
- The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is conducting its five-year benchmark survey relating to cross-border investment: BE-12 (Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.). - Responses are due by May 31, 2023...more
The International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act ("IITSSA"), 22 USC § 3101 requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct a national survey of foreign direct...more
Under recent amendments to Montgomery County’s Energy Benchmarking and Performance Standards Law, residential and non-residential buildings in the County - including buildings in Rockville and Gaithersburg - that are 25,000...more
In March 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) will conduct a benchmark survey of U.S. ownership of foreign securities....more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
Many U.S. companies are unaware that a relatively unknown agency, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) at the Department of Commerce, administers mandatory reporting requirements that oblige ALL U.S. businesses to file...more
- The BEA requires all U.S. persons that own or control more than 10 percent of the voting securities of a “foreign” business enterprise to file a report on its BE-10 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad for the...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) conducts various surveys of U.S. multinational companies and U.S. affiliates of foreign enterprises to generate statistical information regarding the global business activities of U.S....more
Financial services providers that have non-U.S. affiliates should evaluate whether they are required to file the Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investments Abroad (BE-10). Even if a firm has reported on BE-10 in the past,...more
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has announced it is once again time for the BEA’s BE-10 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad. The BEA is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce and...more
In August 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) will conduct a benchmark survey of foreign residents’ holdings of U.S. issuers’ securities. The information will...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently made several changes to the survey form for the mandatory BE-140 Benchmark Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is currently collecting data from all U.S. persons for its five-year mandatory benchmark survey of foreign ownership of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2019. U.S. issuers and U.S. asset...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce (BEA) requires U.S. businesses in which a foreign person or entity owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 10 percent of the voting securities (a...more
The deadline for submission of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) five-year benchmark survey regarding foreign direct investment in the United States is rapidly approaching.1 The survey, known...more
Financial services providers that are subsidiaries of a non-U.S. parent (or that have received substantial direct investment from abroad) should evaluate whether they are required to file the Benchmark Survey of Foreign...more
France Welcomes Foreign and Alternative Capital Providers with Latest Reform of Finance Sector - Long a cornerstone of the French banking system, the "French banking monopoly" largely prevents non-bank entities from...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), conducts seven (7) mandatory surveys to collect information on direct investment. These seven surveys consist of an initial survey for any new in-bound...more
TIC SHC is a mandatory benchmark study commissioned by the Treasury and administered by the FRBNY every five years.3 The survey reviews holdings of foreign portfolio securities – including short- and long-term securities and...more