Translation of "offshore hedge fund " (English → French) :

Question No. 413 Mr. Hoang Mai: With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) response to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): (a) according to the government’s analysis, do the FATCA provisions comply with the provisions of the Convention Between Canada and the United States of America With Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and its amending Protocol (2007); (b) how many citizens from the United States of America will be affected by FATCA, (ii) are there specific Canadian exemptions to FATCA; (c) has Canada negotiated with United States Treasury officials or the IRS following the announcement of FATCA provisions, (i) at what time was the government made a ...[+++]ware of these provisions, (ii) how long did it take Canada to respond to the initial creation of FATCA and its implementation, (iii) are there ongoing negotiations in this regard; (d) will Canada inform dual citizens about FATCA and, if so, (i) how, (ii) at what time, (iii) what department or agencies will be responsible; (e) has the government conducted any studies or mandated a task force to look into how much FATCA will cost Canadians and, if so, what are the cost implications resulting from the additional regulations and demands, (i) for the government, (ii) for the CRA, (iii) for Canadian banks, (iv) who will absorb these costs, (v) are there other types of non-financial costs such as efficiency or fairness reductions; (f) which Canadian civil liberties associations or other types of association has the government met with to discuss the privacy implications of FATCA and what actions will the government undertake to protect the fundamental civil liberties of all Canadians in this regard; (g) according to the government’s analysis, do the FATCA provisions comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act or the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and if so, which department undertook this assesment; ...

In view of the potential review of the UCITS directives, it is also important to note that the EP initiative report on the future of hedge funds and derivatives adopted in 2004 stresses the need to introduce legislation in order to make lending by EU financial institutions to offshore hedge funds more transparent, as well as the need to develop a light handed and appropriate EU-wide regulatory regime for hedge funds in order to attract them to the EU and provide benefits of a common European passport through mutual recognition.

2. Calls on the Commission to introduce – given the fact that many hedge funds operate offshore and are not subject to Community regulation – Community legislation in order to make the lending by EU financial institutions to offshore hedge funds more transparent;

2. Calls on the Commission to introduce – given the fact that many hedge funds operate offshore and are not subject to Community regulation – Community legislation in order to make the lending by EU financial institutions to offshore hedge funds more transparent;

31. Asks the Commission to further consider whether, in the context of Basel II, the off-loading of credit risks by banks to non-banks should allow a reduction in capital requirements and, if so, how the exposure in non-banks (including in particular in offshore hedge funds) might be assessed, monitored and controlled;

2. Calls on the European Commission to introduce –given the fact that many hedge funds operate offshore and are not subject to EU regulation – EU legislation in order to make the lending by EU financial institutions to offshore hedge funds more transparent