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Author: Aaron

  • How FATCA has Affected Offshore Investment

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    Even though the FATCA legislation didn’t truly begin until January 1, 2013 (at least on paper), after only three months it has already had a widespread ripple effect across international banking and offshore investment. Anticipating the additional costs of complying with the extraterritorial United States legislation, many foreign banking and investment entities had already taken…

  • The Frankenstein Economy

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    Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing a series of columns that we hope will help investors understand what will be the global economic drivers for the next 10 years. We will discuss their effects on our lives and how to profit from the changes ahead through a series of 10 investment themes.…

  • Real Estate as an Offshore Investment Opportunity

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    Over the last few years, with the economic markets as shaky as they have been, many investors have turned to a very solid, tangible investment strategy – real estate. In fact, the ROI on real estate investment has been a better value than other traditional assets like stocks or bonds. There are several ways you…

  • Where to Begin with Offshore Investment

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    So you’re thinking of investing offshore, are you? Isn’t it a little risky? Isn’t an offshore account for someone doing something illegal? What about taxes? Where the heck do I even start? These are all very good questions and, if you’re unfamiliar with acquiring overseas assets, the very idea can seem daunting and maybe not…

  • Emerging Markets and Long-Term Offshore Investing

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    Emerging Markets and Long-Term Offshore Investing Some investors look at a long-term offshore investing strategy as too risky: get in, get out and be done without getting messy. We all know, however, it’s the sort of long-term planning where you’ll make the greatest financial gains. And if you’re already considering offshore investments as an addition…

  • Offshore Asset Protection for Expats

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    There’s a lot of talk in the offshore investment niche of being an expatriate or Expat. But what exactly is an Expat? And what does it have to do with offshore investing? There are many types of Expats, from globetrotting retirees to people working overseas for their employer. Expats can be people who’ve fled a…

  • Top 5 Reasons for you to consider the Regulator Asset Protection Structure

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    1. We suspect that a typical US provider would be proposing a life or annuity structure product and those are regulated individually by each state in the United States, have no Federal registration and are not always recognized by any foreign government. A typical U.K. provider would propose a UK life policy savings plan, but…

  • Singapore IFC the Offshore Banking Giant

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    When you think of Singapore do you think of a treacherous, disease-infested seaport where the downtrodden live in the streets and you can buy anything for the right price? Or do you think of a wealthy island nation with safe, clean streets and a prosperous and busy economy? About a century ago, Singapore was a…

  • American Debt…How Far Can We Go?

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    The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. American’s deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt. ~ Barack Obama, March 16, 2006 The more things change, the more…