According to a survey conducted during the shutdown, the vast majority of transaction parties (90.9%) experienced significant or moderate delays with CFIUS, and many (72.8%) received no or limited communications from the Committee. With the shutdown now over, will the floodgates open?
As the shutdown advances past 35 days, we’re conducting a quick survey of readers to gauge the impact. How has the government shutdown affected your pending CFIUS filings or transactions? Have you received any communication from CFIUS or Treasury staff regarding delays? Respond inside.
According to a recent survey conducted by Foreign Investment Watch, CFIUS has been clearing transactions faster since President Trump’s America First Investment Policy was unveiled in late January. Data and details on withdraw-and-refiles, non-notified transactions, NSAs, and more are inside.
According to our readers, CFIUS is clearing more transactions, and is doing so faster and with fewer mitigation terms and withdraw-and-refile requests. Is that true? We’re conducting a quick, anonymous, survey to find out. Please take the survey, and we’ll publish results in an upcoming edition of FIW.
When will CFIUS have its next Assistant Secretary for Investment Security? According to a survey of Foreign Investment Watch readers, the next head of CFIUS will be confirmed faster than the 488 days it took to confirm Paul Rosen. In fact, the over/under has now moved to December 5. Details inside.
Half of the respondents to a recent FIW survey said that they “occasionally” experienced delays or changes in investment plans due to regulatory review. Also inside: a look at which regulatory authorities have had the greatest impact on foreign investment decisions, and for which types of deals.
Where is the final rule on outbound investment? We haven’t gotten a good answer, so we polled readers for the ETA. When asked when they thought the final rule would drop, the vast majority (88.3%) predicted that the rule would drop in Q4; most picked the month after the election. Details inside.
As most Foreign Investment Watch readers know, the Treasury Department issued its ANPRM on outbound investment eight months ago, but we still have no update on the final rule. Since our readers have been pretty good at making predictions, we’re asking them again to give us the over-under.
We’ve now heard from multiple parties claiming that CFIUS has imposed mitigation agreements on a permanent basis without negotiating with the transaction parties. Experts say this would be an important development with unintended consequences. We’re collecting data inside…
The vast majority of venture capital firms say they will not be impacted much by the Treasury’s proposed rule on outbound investment. That’s according to our latest survey; only 16 percent of respondents said they would be impacted “significantly” by the proposal. Details inside.
Every five years, the Bureau of Economic Analysis conducts a comprehensive survey regarding foreign direct investment in the U.S. And guess what? 2023 is it. But unlike the efforts of CFIUS, the BEA’s survey is focused on financial and operating data, not national security. Details inside.
Nominations are now open for our 2023 “Top Advisors” ranking, which will list some of the leading experts providing advice and counsel at the intersection of national security and foreign investment. Nominations can be made via email, and are due by Jan. 31, 2023.
As we covered in October, CFIUS has published enforcement guidelines, but has yet to levy any fines. So we asked readers to predict when we’d see the first penalty for “failure to file a mandatory declaration or notice.” The line was set at April Fool’s Day, 2023. Readers took the “over.” Results inside.
Outbound investment reviews are not on the radar screens of U.S. institutional investors or companies. Yet. That’s according to a new FIW survey, which showed nearly half weren’t aware of the potential for outbound investment reviews. Details on impact, preparedness, and expert insights are inside.
The new CFIUS enforcement guidelines warn of penalties for three “acts or omissions,” including failure to file a mandatory declaration or notice. So, when will that first fine come? The line has been set at April Fool’s Day, and a free one-year subscription goes to any reader who picks the right date.
The vast majority of Foreign Investment Watch readers (69.1%) believe that President Biden will issue an Executive Order requiring national-security reviews of outbound foreign investments in China and other nations. Details on timing and the business impact are inside.
Based on questions from readers, we’ve decided to do a quick pulse survey on the prospects for a national-security review regime for outbound investments. Is an Executive Order coming? How about legislation? When? Take the survey, and we’ll publish results in an upcoming edition.
Among the more interesting data points in our third annual CFIUS survey: The vast majority of non-notified inquiries (81.3 percent) were related to transactions within the last three years. Also of interest: Most respondents would like to see formal guidance from the Committee. Details inside.
How many of your clients have been contacted by CFIUS regarding a non-notified transaction? And how old were those transactions? That’s just some of the data we’ll share in our latest study. The survey is only 10 questions, and should take you 60 seconds. Please take it now, thanks!
A new survey from a global consulting firm has found that U.S. voters “broadly support export controls and investment screening” for critical technologies on national security grounds. However, voters seem to have little appetite for total bans. Details, data and the complete survey are inside.