Panama as an Expat Destination

Panama has a long history of being very professional and courteous with international investors and bankers. The investment and banking culture in the country is very favorable for anyone seeking to either hold accounts or investments offshore as part of an overall asset protection strategy and for anyone seeking an expat retirement. But there are … Read more

Why Does Offshore Investing Get a Bad Rap?

It’s a good question, isn’t it? It seems most of the attention devoted to offshore investing in the mainstream media is skewed in the negative, and thanks to a perhaps undue amount of scrutiny and criticism, the general public has come to view any offshore investment as tantamount to shaking hands with the devil, at … Read more

How FATCA has Affected Offshore Investment

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 … Read more

The Frankenstein Economy

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. … Read more

Real Estate as an Offshore Investment Opportunity

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 … Read more

Where to Begin with Offshore Investment

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 … Read more