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Why
Offshore Investment?
Tax
is the driving force behind 'offshore', but for
the great majority of well-off individuals considering
offshore investment, tax is not directly an issue.
They reside in high-tax areas such as the EU,
the US, Canada or Japan, they pay their taxes,
and if they make 'offshore' investments, it is
in pursuit of higher returns, and without any
intention to evade taxes in their home countries.
Some
investors are outside the catchment of the high-tax
areas, either because they live elsewhere, or
because they are temporarily non-resident for
work reasons. Such investors can often avoid having
to pay taxes on their investments, whether on-
or offshore, but that is due to the investor's
circumstances, not the location of the investment.
So
why might an 'offshore' investment be superior
to an onshore investment?
The
first answer is because it is more lightly regulated,
and the behaviour of the offshore investment provider,
whether he be a banker, fund manager, trustee
or stock-broker, is freer than it could be in
a more regulated environment. An 'onshore' regulator
will immediately say, oh, of course, if it's unregulated,
then it is riskier. Well, they would say that,
wouldn't they?
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