This paper summarises ONS’s attempts to use the IMF definition of a special purpose entity using UK FDI statistics, and outlines some of the compilation challenges faced when producing these estimates.
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Classifying special purpose entities in UK foreign direct investment statistics: experimental analysis
Presenting the International Monetary Fund's Task Force on Special Purpose Entities’ definition of special purpose entities (SPEs), along with experimental statistics that attempt to classify how much UK foreign direct investment is accounted for by SPEs.