Author: Aaron

  • Seraph Summit to Present the Panama Papers Antidote

    IRS Compliant “On the Grid” Offshore Asset Protection Structures Presented at the Seraph Summit The massive leak of documents from a secretive Panamanian law firm… it’s the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca, contain details of various world leaders’ offshore companies – over 70 current and former world leaders in fact! This includes…

  • Planning on Hiding Behind Banking Secrecy?

    Things have changed that make citizens of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and all “high net worth individuals” (HNWI) a target now. Hiding assets PRC style (off the grid) and pretending someone else called ”Aunty”, a business, trust or nominee account owns them puts you at criminal risk needlessly. ORSO402(b) legal non-disclosure programming has…

  • The Art of War and the Laws of Economics

    To garner extraordinary profit you must first of all wake up so that you can see the truth and understand both the art of war and the laws of economics. We will concern ourselves with opportunities for speculative profits based on government intervention into the free market. This is a study of human action by…

  • Canada Pension Plan to Invest Offshore

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Invests EUR480 Million in the Mandatory Exchangeable Facility of LeasePlan TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – March 30, 2016) – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., has completed the funding of EUR480 million in the Mandatory Exchangeable Facility of LeasePlan. This investment…

  • Why Gold Has Been Falling (In 1 Simple Chart)

    It was predictable: gold takes a breather, and a flash mob of gold agnostics and atheists forms to point out the price is falling and that there’s little reason to get excited about it. That’s the problem with investing bias; you don’t look for, or just ignore, evidence that shows another factor is in play.…

  • Pooled Income Funds for the Repatriation of Offshore Carried Interest

    Looking Over the Edge of the Cliff – The Use of Pooled Income Funds for the Repatriation of Offshore Carried Interest Overview The addition of IRC Sec 457A effectively ended the ability of investment managers to defer the tax recognition of the carried interest in the investment manager’s offshore fund. Under IRC Sec 457A, hedge…

  • The $2 Billion Market For Passports

    As migration and inequality continue to get significant attention from US presidential candidates, it is worth noting a rising phenomenon at the intersection of these two topics: economic citizenship. A growing number of countries offer individuals passports in return for investment, and the wealthy have been taking advantage in increasing numbers. In 2014, the global rich spent…

  • Invest Offshore in Brazil

    I’m often asked about the process of opening a business or buying property in Brazil, after-all I’ve been living here a dozen years. I think the banking systems work well and for the most part it’s simple. My best advice for anyone planning on doing business here in Brazil, is to have a good attorney…

  • The Defense of Canadian Sovereignty

    Canadian Sovereignty at risk, particularly for those considered to be American persons for taxation purposes An organization called the Alliance for The Defense of Canadian Sovereignty is challenging a Canadian law that implements FATCA. The organization claims that the Canadian law violates the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms, particularly the provisions related to discrimination on…