Offshore Investing Guide
We understand that preserving and growing your wealth on a global scale presents both unique opportunities and complexities.

Invest Offshore Blog Posts
-
Alternative Energy Stocks
The Ardour Global (TICKER: AGIGL) Index will add 2 new components, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Sunday, December 17. Ten stocks will be deleted from the index. The changes result from the index’s semi-annual reconstitution. A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the Ardour web site, (www.ardourglobalindexes.com/). The Ardour Global Index is…
-
Legal Ways to Save Taxes Offshore
One of the most common motivations for those who venture offshore is the belief that they can avoid or defer U.S. income taxes with a foreign bank account, a foreign trust or a bearer share foreign international business company. Some of that belief is based on very old and outdated information. Some of it is…
-
Inflation Apparently is a Thing of the Past
The market continues to push into new territory of all-time and multi-year highs, yet it also appears to be putting positive spins on negative data releases and attaching itself to positive economic data. Housing weakens here; manufacturing slowdown there, retail sales disappoint here and inflation isn’t moderating over here. That is all I heard last…
-
ABC banks, offshore banks and shell banks…
In the world of international finance you will hear a number of confusing terms to describe various kinds of banks. These include A banks, B banks, C Banks, offshore banks and shell banks. A shell bank is one which has no substantial presence, staff, or independent existence. These banks are often nothing more than a…
-
The Foreign Deferred Private Annuity
One of the most powerful estate planning tools available to the modern international financial planning practitioner is the FOREIGN DEFERRED PRIVATE ANNUITY (FFDPA) An FFDPA is a contract between an individual (the “Annuitant”) and a foreign entity that is neither an insurance company nor in the business of selling annuities (the “Company”). In an FFDPA,…
-
Jersey’s Fund Sector Doubles In 5 Years
Lipper Fitzrovia’s latest research reveals that US$154.2 billion (GBP83.4 billion) in 1,159 funds and subfunds were serviced in Jersey, as at 30 June 2006, an increase of 94% over five years – up from US$79.6 billion (GBP56.6 billion) as at 30 June 2001. Looking solely at funds domiciled on the Island, the largest asset classes…
-
How to choose the right IBC
The following questions need to be asked when determining which IBC is best for your specific needs. There is no right or wrong answer to any of these questions. But there are some answers that are better for you, and others that are worse. Q. What specific kind of IBC do you require? (A corporation,…
-
Can you trust a trust?
The trust is the oldest of all of the entities currently used in international financial planning. Some say it dates back to Roman times, but it certainly dates back at least to the time of the Crusades, when it was used to protect the estate of the knight or Lord who went to fight in…
-
China Ready to Invest Offshore
BALTIMORE, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — T. Rowe Price today announced it has won a U.S. equity mandate from the National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF) of the People’s Republic of China ready. This is the first time that the SSF has partnered with non-Chinese investment managers and marks the initial step into investing offshore.…
Join 900+ subscribers
Stay in the loop with everything you need to know.