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[12469] August 22, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 28-00 RE: NOTICE OF MEETING - OCTOBER 4, 2000 The next meeting of the International Committee will be held on Wednesday, October 4, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. in the Institute’s David Silver Conference Room, 1401 H Street, NW, 12th...

[12496] August 18, 2000 TO: BANK AND TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 21-00 BROKER/DEALER ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 19-00 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 27-00 OPERATIONS COMMITTEE No. 18-00 TAX COMMITTEE No. 35-00 TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 40-00 UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST COMMITTEE No...

[12492] August 16, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 26-00 RE: INSTITUTE LETTER TO TREASURY AND USTR REGARDING PENSION PRIORITIES In response to comments submitted by the Institute1 and others, the Transatlantic Economic Partnership (TEP) trade discussions between the US and the...

[12461] August 9, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 25-00 RE: SALE OF UCITS IN ITALY VIA INTERNET On July 21, 2000, Italy’s CONSOB issued Communication No. DIN/56016 regarding sales of UCITS shares through the Internet. The Communication described a simplified procedure for...

[12417] August 1, 2000 TO: TAX COMMITTEE No. 33-00 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 24-00 ACCOUNTING/TREASURERS COMMITTEE No. 30-00 UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST COMMITTEE No. 22-00 CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY COMMITTEE No. 22-00 RE: PENDING SWISS TAX RECLAIMS SURVEY The Swiss Federal Tax...

[12406] July 31, 2000 TO: ACCOUNTING/TREASURERS COMMITTEE No. 29-00 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 23-00 TAX COMMITTEE No. 32-00 RE: DATA COLLECTION FOR 2000 PFIC SURVEY UPDATE For the past several years, the Institute has undertaken to collect information from its members regarding...

[12188] July 7, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 21-00 RE: MALAYSIA REVISES GUIDELINES ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES The Malaysian Securities Commission recently released revised guidelines on the establishment of foreign fund management companies in...

1 See Memorandum to International Committee No. 30-98 (Sept. 16, 1998) (European Commission’s original proposals to the UCITS Directive). 2 See Memorandum to International Committee No. 8-00 (Mar. 10, 2000) (European Parliament adopts its version of the proposals to the UCITS...

1 Malaysia originally imposed an outright ban on repatriations. See Memorandum to International Members No. 19-98, dated September 2, 1998. The Institute sought an exemption from this ban for investment companies registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. See...

1 Release Nos. 33-7801, 34-42430; International Series No. 1215 (Feb. 16, 2000); 65 Fed. Reg. 8896 (Feb. 23, 2000). 2 See Memorandum to International Committee No. 15-00 and Securities Operations Subcommittee, dated May 9, 2000. [11906] May 25, 2000 TO: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 17...