Tag: invest offshore

  • Currency Fundamentals

    Last weeks U.S Fed meeting went off without much fanfare. Chairman Bernanke and his crew of regional fed governors gave the markets what they were expecting, an unchanged target interest rate of 5.25%. It appears U.S rates will remain somewhat stable in the near term. The expectations that other central banks around the globe will…

  • Property Market Goes Global

    IT IS no secret to investors and super fund managers that the growth of the listed property trust sector has been enormous in the past 10 years. The inflow of funds, more than $2 billion every year, is seeing more LPTs being listed and venturing offshore to buy assets. In its inaugural report, Ernst &…

  • Offshore Bank Accounts

    What are the benefits? If you live and work overseas, offshore banking could have tax benefits, i.e. interest on offshore accounts and investments is paid without the deduction of tax. Added benefits include high levels of confidentiality, security and convenience, as well as global access. Can I use the Internet to view my offshore accounts…

  • Hedge Fund Administration

    Price Meadows Incorporated, a boutique hedge fund administrator serving approximately 200 domestic and offshore funds, has been ranked by Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine as one of the industry’s top fund administrators. The firm was ranked #3 in the category of client service, #4 in fund accounting, and #5 in overall excellence. Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) October…

  • Antiques and Collectibles

    Garden City – New York — TIAS.com (www.tias.com) the Webs largest online antique and collectible mall released their monthly “Hot List” of Antiques & Collectibles. The TIAS “Hot List” has been published monthly since 2002. These top ten lists are based on hundreds of thousands of searches by people using the online search engines at…

  • Offshore Insurance Bonds

    Yesterday we mentioned offshore insurance as a means to reduce tax liability, so thought it appropriate to share more information on the topic of offshore insurance bonds also known as investment wrappers are widely used by expatriates to invest offshore. The popularity of wrappers is largely due to the fact that investors can own and…

  • Invest Offshore to Avoid Tax

    QUESTION: I have just left my company and I have $175,000 in my savings and investment account.Is there any way to transfer that money in an offshore account to grow for the next 15 years, to avoid my heavy tax burden when that money is drawn out? I am new to this, and with my…

  • India Real Estate Funds

    European private equity and venture capital company 3i said on Wednesday it is investing $40 million in an Indian real estate fund, the latest foreign firm to tap into a fast-growing sector. The offshore fund of IndiaREIT, founded by Indian industrialist Ajay Piramal, has a proposed corpus of $160 million. Piramal also has domestic venture…

  • Gibraltar To Sell Investment Services In UK

    The government of the United Kingdom has passed new legislation enabling investment firms based in Gibraltar to sell their services in the UK. The legislation, which became effective on July 31, follows through on an announcement by the governments of the UK and Gibraltar in December 2005 that firms in the jurisdiction would be allowed…