Tag: London
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British expats invest in UK properties
65% of Expat buy-to-let mortgages concentrated in greater London and South East Figures from Skipton International show up to 40% of expat mortgage customers are investing in buy-to-let property in Greater London, with another 25% in the South East of England. Just 10% of British expats purchasing property to rent out are investing in either…
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Canada Pension Plan to Invest Offshore
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Invests EUR480 Million in the Mandatory Exchangeable Facility of LeasePlan TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – March 30, 2016) – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., has completed the funding of EUR480 million in the Mandatory Exchangeable Facility of LeasePlan. This investment…
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Tax havens hidden in plain sight
Many of the world’s most secretive tax havens, ranging from Anguilla to Uruguay, are set to open their books to foreign tax by 2017. A year later, dozens more, including Belize, Hong Kong and Singapore, are set to follow suit. Among them is Switzerland, abandoning a tradition of secrecy that dates back at least as…
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Offshore Tax Havens and the Great Witch Hunt
Many professionals working in the offshore financial services industry are asking the question; when will the tax inquisition end? Most of them understand that as long as there’s more than one currency in the world, and while over two thirds of the collective surplus cash supply is parked in so called tax havens, there will…