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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities – Additional Delay of Full Implementation until 2021 (Notice 2018-72)

• The broader application of Section 871(m) has been delayed further until January 1, 2021 and, as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to incur U.S. withholding...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities—Further Delay of Full Implementation Until 2019 (Notice 2017-42)

In response to perceived abuses in taxpayers’ use of swaps and other derivative transactions (e.g., options, futures or forwards) to avoid withholding tax on U.S. source dividends, Congress added Section 871(m) to the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Mandatory Clearing of OTC Derivatives Delayed for Certain Entities

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have taken steps to postpone until August 20, 2018 the phase-in date of the mandatory clearing requirements set out in National Instrument 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"EU Lawmakers May Delay MiFID 2 Implementation"

Yesterday’s press reports indicate that European Union lawmakers are likely to delay MiFID 2 implementation. MiFID 2 is the name given to the EU laws which will reform EU securities and derivatives markets. Once implemented,...more

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ESMA Publishes Final Report on Reporting to Trade Repositories Under EMIR

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On August 8, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report to the European Commission proposing that the start date for reporting exchange traded derivatives to trade repositories be...more

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