Tag: Hong Kong
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4 Best Reasons to Invest Offshore
There is no reason for your advisor to have ever heard of a regulated asset protection structure (RAPS). US advisors do not study this area of law and consequently do not advise on foreign retirement plan law. However, an IRC 402(b) Foreign Retirement Fund (RAPS) allows your assets to be held tax deferred for which…
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Regulated, Registered, Recognized Foreign Retirement Plan
NQDC-vs-402(b) – aka RAPS An alternative to the US Tax Regulations that require NQDC plans (nonqualified deferred compensation plans) to be not formally funded ( The Total Return Swap Hedge requires 25 million annual contributions.) The Alternative to Unfunded, Unhedged, or informally funded NQDC Plans: We have a number of 402(b) Foreign Retirement Plan proposals…
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Offshore Investing Strategy for Americans
There is no U.S. law that disallows a U.S. person from investing into a Foreign Retirement Fund that has a Government Regulated Fiduciary, is a registered foreign retirement plan and where the jurisdiction accommodates persons that may not live in that jurisdiction. This is at the very core of the Regulator Asset Protection Structure (RAPS).…
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Invest Offshore in a Super Trust
This Super Trust, domiciled in Hong Kong, is one of the most tax efficient pension structures available to the private investor. This registered retirement plan is in addition to being a QROPS, also an IRC 402(b). The 402(b) upgrade was took our legal team over 3 years to achieve, which is how we became an…
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Benefits of a Luxembourg Offshore Investment Account
Why there has never been a better time to Invest Offshore As a result of media saturation of tax evasion with a negative spin on offshore banking, plus a constant perceived threat of the disintegration of the Euro Zone, due to news from Greece, Spain and Cyprus, many people have adopted the idea that anything…
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Offshore Banking and Panama TIEA
Offshore banking and Panama The recent Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) between Panama and the U.S. will only have an effect on bank accounts held by U.S. citizens in Panama. Panama companies and foundations are simple to set up as 100% anonymous vehicles just as before as there have been no changes to the law…
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Pegasus Fund Managers
Pegasus are licensed investment advisers and have been providing asset management services from their base in Hong Kong since 1990. Guided by Asia financial guru Mr. Paul Pong Po Lam, they work closely with private trust companies and provide investment advisory services and discretionary portfolio management. Pegasus offer 3 managed investment funds focusing on Greater…
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Hong Kong’s position as China’s global financial centre
Following is the speech by the Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang, at the luncheon hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association, in Zurich, Switzerland, today (January 27, Zurich time): Dr Moser (Kurt Moser – President of the Swiss-Hong Kong…