The Portfolio will generally treat gains or losses on non-U.S.
currency hedging transactions as capital gains or losses in accordance with the advice of counsel and the current administration position of the CRA, but if such transactions were treated on income rather than capital account, after tax returns to unitholders could be reduced and the Portfolio could be subject to non-refundable income tax.
The Portfolio will then enter into non-U.S.
currency hedging transactions to hedge the exposure of the net asset value of units of the Underlying Funds held by the Portfolio to fluctuations in the value of non-U.S. currencies.
The non-U.S.
currency hedging transactions will involve using derivatives such as options, futures, forward contracts, swaps and other similar instruments.
Not exact matches
Such
hedging functions have particularly unique promise because of the extremely low
transaction costs of peer - to - peer
currency.
This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or
currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a
hedging or conversion
transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.
The iShares
Currency Hedged ETF's use of derivatives may reduce the funds» returns and / or increase volatility and subject the funds to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the
transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation.
Adjusted EBITDA and segment Adjusted EBITDA reflect adjustments for interest expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, including accelerated depreciation, and the following adjustments discussed above: non-cash mark - to - market adjustments and cash settlements on interest rate swaps, provision for legal settlement,
transaction costs and integration costs, restructuring and plant closure costs, assets held for sale, inventory valuation adjustments on acquired businesses, mark - to - market adjustments on commodity and foreign exchange
hedges and foreign
currency gains and losses on intercompany loans.
The iShares
Currency Hedged Funds» use of derivatives may reduce the Funds» returns and / or increase volatility and subject the Funds to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the
transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation.
Transactions entered into through a Member to hedge currency exposure from positions on regulated exchanges are exempt from all forex requirements except sections (b) and (c) of this rule if the on - exchange transactions are handled by the
Transactions entered into through a Member to
hedge currency exposure from positions on regulated exchanges are exempt from all forex requirements except sections (b) and (c) of this rule if the on - exchange
transactions are handled by the
transactions are handled by the same Member.
In addition, no assurance can be given that the Fund will enter into
hedging or other
transactions (including
hedging exposure to non-U.S.
currency exchange rate risk) at times or under circumstances in which it may be advisable to do so.
To the extent such investments are permissible, a certain percentage of a Fund's
hedging activities (including its
transactions, if any, in foreign
currencies or foreign
currency - denominated instruments) are likely to produce a difference between its book income and its taxable income.
Hence, real estate
transactions will have an element of
hedging and speculative
currency trading as part of their normal risk profile.
Robb regularly advises clients on tax issues relating to domestic and foreign public and private debt offerings, synthetic and hybrid instruments, foreign
currency transactions, swaps and derivatives,
hedging transactions and other complex financial products and
transactions.
Advise on all tax considerations, including income recognition, constructive sales, straddle rules,
hedging transactions, non-functional
currency issues, dividend - equivalent payments, recharacterization, withholding taxes, reporting and compliance and FATCA.
Currently, Ripple requires two parties for a
transaction to occur: a regulated financial institution «holds funds and issues balances on behalf of customers» while «market makers» such as
hedge funds or
currency trading desks provide liquidity in the
currency they want to trade in.
Furthermore, businesses that have avoided using Bitcoin as a form of payment for large - scale
transactions that involved terms, due to the unpredictable volatility of the
currency, will now be able to guarantee the value of a
transaction using futures contracts to
hedges against adverse market price movements, similar to the way businesses handle international
transactions.