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Welcome to the second instalment of 2024 of the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this edition we cover several Cayman Islands regulatory updates including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, the...more
The United States and Switzerland jointly announced the conversion of the intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”) from a “Model 2” to “Model 1” agreement. The new IGA will come into effect January 1, 2027, allowing time for...more
Walkers' regulatory partners Lucy Frew and Ian Mason consider the learning points for financial services providers (FSPs) from recent enforcement actions by Cayman regulatory bodies. While financial services and related...more
Implementation of AMF position 2019-03 on "certain aspects of the MiFID II adequacy requirements" - The AMF position DOC-2019-03 incorporates the ESMA guidance on "certain aspects of the MiFID II adequacy requirements"...more
• Foreign Investor Forms W-8: An update of Forms W-8 on file for non-U.S. investors is generally recommended by December 31, 2018 to ensure that a date of birth (DOB) and non-U.S. taxpayer identification number (Foreign TIN)...more
Certain non-U.S. investment funds, including Bermuda funds, which qualify as foreign financial institutions (FFI), must enter into a legal agreement (“FFI agreement”) with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be treated...more
The Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) will impose new investor due diligence and reporting obligations on funds and other financial institutions based in “early adopter” participating jurisdictions, with effect from January...more
Registered investment advisers (RIAs) are required to review their policies and procedures on at least an annual basis. As an aid to the required review and to assist with timely completion of required compliance tasks, below...more
ALFI releases FAQs on RQF II - Further to the announcement by the People’s Bank of China on 29 April 2015 of a RMB 50 billion Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (“RQFII”) quota being granted to Luxembourg, the...more
The Institute of International Bankers (IIB) has submitted a comment letter (available through Bloomberg BNA here; subscription required) to the Internal Revenue Service addressing various issues arising under the FATCA...more
Draft Law Transposing the European Directive on the Automatic Exchange of Information submitted to Parliament - The draft Luxembourg law to transpose Council Directive 2014/107/EU (of 9 December 2014, which amends...more
Latest Fund Statistics for Ireland - The latest fund statistics for Ireland, published by the Central Bank of Ireland, show that there are now in excess of 6,000 Irish funds....more
Adoption of the Macron Law - Creation of the SLP - The bill on the Growth and Activity and Equality of Economic Opportunities, known as the Macron law, was finally promulgated in France on 6 August 2015. The Macron law...more
Luxembourg Infrastructure Investment Vehicles - New Brochure - The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has issued new technical guidelines regarding “Luxembourg Infrastructure Investment Vehicles”,...more
Enforcement – FCA Fines £13.2 Million for Transaction Reporting Failures - The FCA fined Merrill Lynch International (MLI) £13.2 million on 22 April 2015 for incorrectly reporting 35,034,810 transactions and failing to...more
EU Passes New Council Directive to Implement “EU-FATCA" - The Council Directive passed by the EU on 1 December 2014 implements the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) in Europe. The Directive has to be implemented...more
What Managers of U.S. and Non-U.S. Investment Funds Should Do Today - FATCA went into effect on July 1, 2014 and will be phased in through January 1, 2017. During that period, varying compliance deadlines apply to...more
Offshore Master with U.S. and Offshore Feeders - This is the third in a series of Foley Advisers about FATCA, the new U.S. tax regime designed to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers that will go into effect...more
This is the second in a series of Foley Advisers about FATCA, the new U.S. tax regime designed to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers that will go into effect on January 1, 2014. Our prior installment described...more
U.S. Funds with Only U.S. Investors - FATCA, the new U.S. tax regime designed to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers, will go into effect on January 1, 2014. As a fund manager, you will be required to ensure...more
In This Issue: - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – New Mortgage, Real Estate and Financing Laws - Locally Domiciled Funds in the GCC - Case Study: Jabal Omar, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - New...more
On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released final regulations (the “Regulations”) implementing foreign account reporting provisions of the...more
Following the execution of an inter-governmental agreement (or “IGA”) with the United States in September 2012 and a consultation exercise which closed in late 2012, HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) recently published draft...more
We end the first month of the year with a report on major insurance topics that we will be watching in 2013. Many of these developments can be traced to discrete events or market or political forces. This year, those...more