Invest Offshore

Tag: Ireland

  • Her Majesty’s Overview of the Offshore Investment Market

    —

    by

    Aaron
    in

    Despite the term ‘offshore investment’ being widely used in policy and political discourse to describe the investment of capital outside an investor’s jurisdiction of residence, representatives of banks were keen to point out that it is a very broad term open to different interpretations. Indeed, during many of the qualitative interviews conducted with representatives of…

  • What are offshore funds?

    —

    by

    Aaron
    in

    When investing, you will often see funds listed specifically as offshore funds. Many investors have portfolios of mixed funds in Cyprus with funds often domiciled ‘offshore’. What are the key differences in terms of legal protection and structure between funds domiciled in, for example, the UK and those listed abroad? Offshore funds are those domiciled…

  • DMS Offshore Investment Services Onboards White Oak AIF On Irish Platform

    —

    by

    Aaron
    in

      GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Feb. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — DMS Offshore Investment Services Ltd. (DMS), the world’s largest fund governance firm, and White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (White Oak) have announced the launch of an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) hosted on DMS Irish platform. White Oak has engaged the DMS AIF platform, which is…

  • Top Offshore Mutual Funds

    —

    by

    Aaron
    in ,

    Offshore mutual funds is a term which generally refers to a collective investment scheme domiciled in an offshore jurisdiction. The reference to offshore, in the classic case, usually means a traditional offshore jurisdiction such as the Cayman Islands, Jersey or the British Virgin Islands. However, the term is also frequently used to include other corporate…

  • PFIC Problem for Americans with Offshore Investments

    —

    by

    Aaron
    in

    WARNING: U.S. Persons who Purchased a Retirement Plan, Savings Plan issued from the Isle of Man, Dublin, Guernsey or U.K. Life Insurance Company are holding a British Style Life Policy (lump sum or savings plan) which requires annual reporting as a PFIC and suffers annual taxes on the growth of 36.9% and huge annual penalties…

  • Global Investors Pour Money Into Ireland

    —

    by

    Aaron
    in

    Ireland has become the jurisdiction of choice for high value investments in hi-tech manufacturing plants, research and development projects and financial services according to the Irish government’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA Ireland) as it marked an “outstanding” year for growth and new investments in 2006. “Ireland is now seeking and winning high value investments, that…