Invest Offshore

Author: Aaron

  • Canadians investing offshore grows sharply

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    OTTAWA – Canadian investment in offshore financial centres, including so-called “tax havens,” shot up eight-fold between 1990 and 2003, Statistics Canada reported Monday. Between 1990 and 2003, Canadian assets in those countries went from $11 billion to $88 billion. They accounted for more than one-fifth of all Canadian direct investment abroad in 2003, double the…

  • Call to sort out REIT launch

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    Hong Kong needs clear legislation and firm stock exchange commitment for the development of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), according to analysts. They warned Hong Kong would be left behind by other regional financial centers like Singapore and Taiwan if local regulators do not encourage the launch of such an investment product soon. “Singapore,…

  • Cayman Islands A Conduit For Asian Hedge Fund Investors

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    A surge in interest from Asian investors has contributed to a 100% increase in the number of hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands during 2004, as more than 1,100 new funds were established in the jurisdiction last year, according to a new analysis released by global offshore law firm Walkers. It means that over…

  • Offshore: A simple plan

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    Europe’s role in the global investment fund market has become increasingly prominent. The introduction of alternative investment strategies has created a more competitive arena. As a result, jurisdictions closer to the European market are becoming a more attractive platform for offshore investments and a A simple plan. The Guernsey regulator — the Guernsey Financial Services…

  • The ETF Industry’s 800-Pound Gorilla

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    In a sense, San Francisco-based Barclays is the McDonald’s (MCD) of the ETF world. McDonald’s didn’t invent hamburgers and Barclays didn’t create ETFs, but the companies each exploited and popularized their industry niches to a greater degree than anyone else. Barclays’ family of 99 iShares is the undisputed 800-pound gorilla of the growing ETF market.…

  • Wealthy Taxpayers Feeling the Pressure from IRS

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    AccountingWEB.com – The Internal Revenue Service is targeting wealthy executives and entrepreneurs to ferret out would-be tax dodgers. The IRS has not focused on individual tax returns of the well-to-do for years, the Wall Street Journal reported, but is becoming more aggressive after studying the results of a 2003 pilot program covering 24 big companies,…

  • New hedge fund to use ‘crisis investing’ strategy

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    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Joe Feshbach, who with brothers Matthew and Kurt ran one of the most high-profile short-selling hedge funds of the 1980s, is back. This time, instead of betting against companies, a new hedge fund he’s starting — Joe Feshbach Partners LP — will buy securities of troubled firms. Using a strategy called…

  • Introduction to Offshore Investments

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    Tax is the driving force behind ‘offshore’, but for the great majority of well-off individuals considering offshore investment, tax is not directly an issue. They reside in high-tax areas such as the EU, the US, Canada or Japan, they pay their taxes, and if they make ‘offshore’ investments, it is in pursuit of higher returns,…

  • The British Connection

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    The healthy bilateral relations between the UK and Tunisia were reinforced by the recent visit of Michael Savory, the lord mayor of the City of London. The three-day work trip from February 17-20 aimed to promote British interests already in Tunisia and encourage further investment. With the UK still a major investor in Tunisia, both…