After 2015, it may be virtually impossible for foreign financial institutions (FFls) to avoid the reach of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA),1 even if they have no United States presence nor any direct U.S. investments. This is because, beginning sometime after January 2015, FFls...

Securities transactions in the U.S. climbed on a net basis from $19 billion in 1983 to $50 billion in 1985. This rise was due almost entirely to an increase in foreign purchases of U.S. securities - largely corporate and government bonds. One reason suggested for this phenomenon is foreign...