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Offshore Money Matters, Back to basics, family inheritance....
Family Inheritance ……… Expatriate Financial Planning - back to basics. In earlier articles we covered asset protection structures through the use of Offshore Trusts, and inheritance planning vehicles. Often overlooked however, are the most basic foundations ... read more »
Old school financial advice can postpone your retirement...
PENSIONS Expat Money 12/12 Old school financial advice that can actually cost you money and perhaps even delay or indefinitely postpone your retirement….. How many times have we all heard it said that stocks out-perform bonds which out-perform cash deposits which get eaten up by inflation so you’re ... read more »
The Financial Roller-Coaster ride – avoidable?
No one would pretend that the World’s Stock Markets are the most stable of places at the best of times but there was an old adage that, given 10 years, whichever of the main index tracker Funds you selected, you would be better off than when you started, even if you bought at a peak and sold in ... read more »
Billions more of us in the decades ahead!
Feeding the World Basic survival for us Humans and just about everything else living; more and more Investment Funds are focusing on Food and Water production – why? What are the facts? Starting with water, “The UN designated last March 22nd as, "World Water Day". Estimates suggest ... read more »
Portfolio Bonds - are they right for you?
If you haven’t heard of Portfolio Bonds, chances are it’s only because you haven’t spoken to a Financial Adviser. Simply defined, they are structures within which multiple savings and investment solutions can be housed. They are also referred to as "Wrappers", because all your investment ... read more »
There's no Silver bullet
Like most of us, when I’m entrusting my money to someone or something, I’m looking for a good return with little, or no risk. This specification can be harder to achieve than getting out of the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” tomb alive, for those of us that remember the movie. Spanning ... read more »
Living on a fixed Income?
Most of us in semi, or permanent retirement are reliant, to a lesser or greater extent, on our remaining nest egg to provide us with an income that will keep the proverbial wolf from the door. Looking back, in recent years, the results of leaving our hard earned cash to the vagaries of ... read more »
QROPS - Where are we now?
QROPS Where are we now? The right to transport your Pension Fund(s), the fruit of perhaps a life’s work, to approved schemes, whether you are ‘onshore’ in the UK or overseas, should not tampered with, other than for clear breaches of the regulations. Nonetheless, tamper ... read more »
UK Student Accomodation
Offshore Money Matters…. UK Student Property A recent article highlighted the looming pension shortfall problem and the dilemma of how to build an alternative portfolio that is not subject to the vagaries of the stock market. Here we go into more detail on the Student Accommodation arena, and ... read more »
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