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Friday 12/3/2010
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News: Greece Wants Hedge Fund Shackles
The Greek government has called on the US to increase the regulation of hedge
funds, which it holds jointly responsible for Greece’s recent problems on
the financial markets.
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Friday 12/3/2010
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News: Hedge Funds Break Even Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index recouped January losses during the month of February to move
almost even on the year.
Thursday 11/3/2010
IO
News: Australia Best For Offshore Offspring Australia is the best place to bring up children as an expat,
according to a major survey of expats commissioned by HSBC Bank
International.
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Dubai - A
Stately Business Dome Decreed
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...
Read: Dubai
- A Stately Business Dome Decreed
Hedge Funds
Resurgent 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...
Read: Hedge
Funds Resurgent
Being An Expat In 2010
- A Financial Primer
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...
Read: Being
An Expat In 2010 - A Financial Primer
Jurisdiction Special Focus:
Cyprus 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...
Read: Jurisdiction
Special Focus: Cyprus
Health & Life... Worldwide
- Global Insurance For Expats
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...
Read: Health
& Life... Worldwide - Global Insurance For
Expats
Choosing Your Jurisdiction
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...
Read: Part
One - Types Of Offshore Investment Vehicle And
The Main Jurisdictions
Read: Part
Two - Getting It And Keeping It. The How, Why,
When And Where Of Offshore Investing.
The EU Savings Tax Directive:
Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man?
December 2009
We take a look at the current state of the
EU's Savings Tax Directive, examining how it will
affect investors both now and in the future.
Read: The
EU Savings Tax Directive: Cometh The Hour, Cometh
The Man?
Jurisdiction
Special Focus: Gibraltar November
2009
In the final analysis, is Gibraltar a good location for your assets,
yourself, your family, your boat, or (e) all of the above? Our guide
reveals that it could be just what you're looking for.
Read: Gibraltar,
The Rock, 2009
QROPS - Qualified Recognized
Overseas Pension Schemes November
2009
Find out if you can benefit from a QROPS, where can you take a QROPS,
and what the mechanics are.
Read: QROPS
- Qualified Recognized Overseas Pension Schemes
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Personal
Equity Investment In 2010: Not Just For
Expats...
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...
Read: Personal
Equity Investment In 2010: Not Just For
Expats...
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12/3 Orascom Loses Algerian Tax Appeal Egyptian telecom company, Orascom Telecom, has announced that its Algerian subsidiary,
Orascom Telecom Algérie, has received a rejection to its appeal,
made in December last year, against the notice for taxes and penalties it had
received from the Algerian tax authorities the month previously.
12/3 Jersey Riding Out Onshore Storm Jersey will overcome the evolving challenges being faced by offshore international
financial centres, Geoff Cook, Chief Executive of Jersey Finance, told participants
at a Breakfast Briefing in London.
12/3 Germany Approves Liechtenstein TIEA Germany’s Cabinet has recently approved a bill pertaining to the bilateral
tax information exchange agreement with Liechtenstein.
12/3 Baucus Seeks Trade Preference Reform Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is leading
efforts for reform of US trade preference programs accorded to
developing countries.
12/3 BVI To Review Taxes And Fees British Virgin Islands Prime Minister, Ralph O’Neal has said that the territory
will run a budget surplus during 2010, although the government still intends to review indirect taxes and fees on financial services.
12/3 Swiss-German Tax Talks Resume During a recent visit to Berlin, Switzerland’s State Secretary Michael
Ambühl, Head of the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters in the Federal Department of Finance, met with representatives of
Germany's Federal Ministry of Finance and Federal Chancellery to exchange ideas
on current financial and tax policy issues.
12/3 MEPs Push EU Tobin Tax In a recently adopted resolution, the European Parliament has emphasized the
need to develop plans for a global tax to discourage excessive risk-taking by
financial institutions and to ensure that the financial industry pays for damage
caused by the financial crisis.
12/3 Bahamas Achieves White-Listing The Bahamas has achieved a place on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's ‘white list’ following
the signing of Tax Information Exchange Agreements with the seven Nordic economies of
Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, on
March 10.
12/3 French 'Super Authority' Launches French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has announced that the new supervisory
authority, ACP, has now been set
up, and will act as a 'super authority' to strengthen regulation of
the country's banks and insurance companies.
11/3 Bahrain And UK Sign DTA The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Minister of Finance, Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed
Al Khalifa, and UK ambassador, Jamie Bowden, signed
a comprehensive double taxation agreement between the two countries in Manama
on March 10.
11/3 Swiss Financial Centre Plan Unveiled Switzerland’s ruling Liberal party, the FDP, has announced its intention to adopt
a more developed and concrete strategy for the Swiss financial centre, in order
to address the challenges it faces and to proactively strengthen its
position.
11/3 Deloitte UK Offers Year-End Tax Tips Tax advisory firm, Deloitte has urged UK taxpayers to avail of all outstanding
available tax reliefs, for income tax, capital gains and inheritance tax, to
reduce their individual tax liability, before the start of the next fiscal year.
11/3 Lord Paul Relinquishes Non-Dom Status Lord Paul, a Labour member of the House of Lords and a major
financial backer of the UK's governing party, has said that he intends
to relinquish his non-domiciled status for tax purposes and pay full UK
taxes on his income.
10/3 Dubai Woos North American Investors The Dubai International Financial Centre on March 8 hosted a delegation
from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, an association for
chamber of commerce professionals in the United States and Canada, aimed at
enhancing financial services synergies between the emirate and the two nations.
11/3 Germany's CDU Favours Bank Tax Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party are eager to levy a special
tax on banks as a contribution to the cost of rescuing the financial sector.
10/3 Guernsey Funds Value Increases End of year figures released on March 8, by Guernsey Finance, the promotional
agency for the island’s finance industry, show that the value of investment
funds in Guernsey increased by GBP2.7bn (1.5%) during the final three months
of last year.
10/3 India To Expand TIEA Network India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has announced his intention to expand
the country’s Tax Information Exchange Agreement network, starting with
Bahamas and Bermuda, with whom India has already agreed the text of an agreement.
10/3 New UK Trust Law Brings Greater Flexibility UK law firm, Boodle Hatfield, has observed that new trust legislation, due
to enter into force on April 6, will allow those looking to establish new trusts
greater flexibility.
9/3 Jersey To Showcase Island In UAE As part of Jersey’s aim to promote the island to new markets, Jersey Finance
will visit Abu Dhabi and Dubai next week to promote the benefits of using Jersey
for structuring transactions and for the management of private wealth.
9/3 DFSA Signs MoU With French Regulator Dubai’s Financial Services Authority on March 5 signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with the Autorité des marchés financiers of France, the French
securities regulator.
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| Your Views |
| Best offshore banking country? |
Hi,
I live and pay tax in the UK. I have non-salary remuneration coming to me from freelance work from other countries. Can anyone recomend a good international bank account that offers visa or mastercard debit, in a jurisdiction that is safe from the savings tax directive or other reporting duty involving the UK? Ideally the account would offer decent interest too, and no tax on this interest! It would also be good if it could be managed online.
Just to be clear, I fully intend to fulfil my duty to the UK tax authorities, and declare this income. I simply have no faith in the UK banking system and its relationship with the UK government, or their Indian call centres. I also intend to travel and emigrate once I have a decent purse.
Thanks for any help or suggestions. Simon |
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| Health care package |
| I've been offered a position at my current UK employer's associate company in Dubai for 2 years. The package looks quite good but as this is my first overseas/expat experience I'm not sure if the healthcare portion is okay. My wife and our two young kids will be with me and the package only appears to include 75% basic cover with me having to top it up. Is this a standard sort of deal?angus |
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| US resident seeking...not to be! |
I'm a US resident seeking to terminate my residence in the next coupe of years - thinking of moving to sunnier shores. Anyone got any recommendations (young, free and single and moderately independently wealthy, if it helps!)
Also, how long will my association (for tax purposes) with the US last? Please tell me not forever...!Rick |
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