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[12828] November 14, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 40-00 TAX COMMITTEE No. 48-00 RE: AUSTRALIA PROPOSES NEW ENTITY TAX LEGISLATION The Australian Government continues to contemplate significant changes to its domestic tax rules through a project entitled the “Review of Business...

[12789] October 26, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 38-00 RE: EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES DIRECTIVE ON OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS On October 11, 2000, the European Commission issued a proposal for a directive on occupational pensions that, among other things, would establish European...

[12775] October 23, 2000 TO: INDUSTRY STATISTICS COMMITTEE No. 9-00 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 37-00 INTERNATIONAL REPORT RESEARCH COMMITTEE No. 20-00 RE: FIRST QUARTER DATA Enclosed is a copy of the final results of our International Mutual Fund Data Exchange for the first quarter...

[12709] October 3, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 35-00 RE: COMMITTEE MEETING DATES FOR 2001 The International Committee will meet at the following times during 2001: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 – 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2001 – 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wednesday...

[12701] September 29, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 34-00 RE: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING - OCTOBER 4, 2000 Attached is a preliminary agenda for the International Committee Meeting on October 4, 2000. The meeting will be held in the Institute’s David Silver Conference Room...

[12693] September 29, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 33-00 RE: INSTITUTE SUBMITS COMMENTS TO EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF WISE MEN REGARDING UCITS To increase the overall effectiveness of a single financial services market in the European Union, the European Commission and the French...

[12633] September 15, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 32-00 TAX COMMITTEE No. 40-00 RE: INSTITUTE SUBMITS COMMENT LETTER SUPPORTING PROPOSED EXEMPTION FOR U.S. MUTUAL FUNDS FROM CANADIAN “FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENTITY” LEGISLATION Under Canadian legislative proposals1 governing...

[12630] September 14, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 31-00 RE: INSTITUTE LETTER TO USTR REGARDING TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS In August 2000, USTR requested public comment on general US negotiating objectives for services trade negotiations in the...

[12604] September 13, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 30-00 TAX MEMBERS No. 26-00 RE: GERMAN TAX RECLAIMS As described in the attached letter, the German Federal Finance Office (“FFO”) has announced a new tax reclaim procedure for U.S. mutual funds treated as regulated investment...

[12523] August 23, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 29-00 RE: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES & INVESTMENTS COMMISSION AMENDS PROPOSED POLICY STATEMENT ON INTERNET DISCUSSION SITES On August 15, 2000, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) issued an exposure draft of an...