Personal Equity Investment In 2010: Not Just For Expats...

by InvestorsOffshore editorial staff, March 2010

Under this particular heading of equity investment we will deal with direct, personal investment into publicly-quoted equities, other than through conventional stock exchanges, whether from an onshore or offshore base, and whether by an individual, or through a corporate vehicle or a trust. We will cover direct equity purchase through a dealer, spread betting, contracts for differences, and hedge funds insofar as they specialize in very directed equity investment...

Dubai - A Stately Business Dome Decreed

by InvestorsOffshore editorial staff, February 2010

For decades to come, people will point to Dubai's 200-storey, 828-metre Burj Khalifa tower, the tallest in the world, as representing both the peak and the nadir of the city-state's adventurous grasp for regional leadership in a startling range of sectors: real estate, shipping, commodities trading, equities, Islamic finance, e-commerce, air transport and banking...

Hedge Funds Resurgent

by Jeremy Hetherington-Gore, February 2010

Hedge funds often boast that their investment strategies flatten out the more extreme gyrations of the markets; but they weren't proof to the financial tempests of 2008 and 2009, although recent figures for 2009 show that the industry as a whole has largely recovered its poise...

Being An Expat In 2010 - A Financial Primer

by Investors Offshore editorial staff, January 2010

As you'll see from our guide, the offshore options for you as an expatriate are many and varied, and there is something for any situation and pocket...

Jurisdiction Special Focus: Cyprus

by Lorys Charalambous, January 2010

In this feature we take a fresh look at Cyprus and whether it is a good destination for your assets, career expats and Retirees...

Health & Life... Worldwide - Global Insurance For Expats

by Philip Morton, InvestorsOffshore, January 2010

Insurance is one of those things that everyone hopes they'll never need, and as a result, a frightening number choose to bury their heads in the sand, hoping that their luck will hold. However, by far the most sensible solution for those not willing to trust to fate, is to take out some form of insurance, to protect themselves and their dependants should the worst happen...

Choosing Your Jurisdiction

by Caroline Maxwell and Jeremy Hetherington-Gore, January 2010

So you have decided that offshore is the way forward. The three most pressing concerns, then, are what type of investment you feel is right for you, where you choose to invest or bank, and how involved you are prepared to be in offshore life...

The EU Savings Tax Directive: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man?

The now notorious European Union Savings Tax Directive - which came into force in July 2005 - in fact formed merely one part of a major tax reform package launched by the European Commission in 1997. They certainly didn't expect their proposals to lead to an 8-year battle involving Switzerland, the USA and twenty or more offshore financial centres, only eventually resolved by one of the stickiest fudges ever cooked up in Europe's capital city...

QROPS - Qualified Recognized Overseas Pension Schemes

by Jeremy Hetherington-Gore, November, 2009

Find out if you can benefit from a QROPS, where can you take a QROPS, and what the mechanics are...

Emerging Market Investments - Weathering The Storm?

by Carla Johnson, October, 2009

Many international agencies consider all non-high income countries to be "Emerging Markets", stressing the potential of all nations to develop. Others include only those countries that meet certain levels of economic development and in which local equity and debt markets are operating. In general, Emerging Markets countries are characterized by an underdeveloped or developing commercial and financial infrastructure, with significant potential for economic growth and eased capital market participation by foreign investors...

Labuan

by the Investors Offshore Editorial Team, September 2009

Situated in the heart of the fast growing South Eastern Asian region, and close to a number of major cities and economic hubs such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, Labaun benefits from a benign income tax regime, a well regulated financial regime, a deep water port and a well developed supporting infrastructure, including internet communications, and could well soon be giving other more established financial jurisdictions a run for their money, particularly in the field of Islamic finance...

International Privacy and Security for 21st Century Global Citizens

by the Investors Offshore Editorial Team, August 2009

Privacy, both financial and personal, is an issue of growing concern for expatriates and globetrotters. Although international mobility brings unique opportunities, it can also sometimes bring unique problems, and in this special feature we will be looking at services which can help you to protect your privacy both online and off, and measures that you can take to protect yourself...

Singapore - Another Hong Kong?

by Stuart Gray, June 2009

Located in South East Asia, Singapore is a highly developed and successful free market economy which enjoys an open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, a low tax regime and a per capita GDP equal to that of most parts of Western Europe...

House Prices Reloaded

by the Investors Offshore Editorial Team, June, 2009

Last year, as the house price boom continued in many countries across the world, we asked whether the laws of economics had been repealed. Now, we can see that they remain as true as ever...

Islamic Finance - The New Mainstream Alternative

by Jeremy Hetherington-Gore, January 2009

A concept virtually unheard of outside banking circles a decade ago, the Islamic banking and finance industry has undergone something of an explosion in recent years as demand for an alternative to western banking products structured along ethically-aware Islamic principles has grown...

Being An Expat In 2009 - A Financial Primer

by Lowtax Network editorial staff

Nowadays, expatriates - whether working or retired - may regard their status as an escape from over-crowded, cold, northern cities, but no longer does the tax inspector forget about them when they leave. Americans have it worse than anyone else, because they continue to be taxed as if they are resident, with a few minor concessions; but everyone else has to think about their residential situation and taxation of current income both while they are overseas and afterwards...

Health & Life... Worldwide - Global Insurance for Expats

by Lowtax Network editorial staff

International Retirement Planning

by Lowtax Network editorial staff

Alternative Investment: Not Just For Expats…

by Caroline Maxwell

Alternative Investment: Not Just For Expats…
NON-FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

by Caroline Maxwell

CHOOSING YOUR JURISDICTION - EVERYTHING (well, almost everything!) YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT OFFSHORE, BUT WERE TOO AFRAID TO ASK…,

by Caroline Maxwell

GETTING IT AND KEEPING IT.
The How, Why, When And Where Of Offshore Investing.

by Caroline Maxwell

Online Trading For Expats

by Philip Morton

LIVING AND WORKING ABROAD?
A Financial Primer

by Caroline Maxwell

International Property Investment - Are REITs Right For You?

by Jeremy Hetherington-Gore and Caroline Maxwell

If you are in the right place at the right time, investing in real estate can be one of the most profitable and enjoyable forms of medium to long term investment there is...