Tag: offshore investment
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Offshore Investment Strategy of the Rich and Famous
The offshore investment strategy used by the rich and famous (until recently), featured tax avoidance tactics based on trust law. Let’s take a closer look and analyse how these foreign trust examples take advantage of OSP. In this example, Hughes, Katz and the Durands form their trusts in order to safeguard income and property from…
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DMS Offshore Investment Services Onboards White Oak AIF On Irish Platform
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…
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The legal basis for a 402(b) Overseas Retirement Plan
A Nonqualified overseas retirement plan has characteristics that are opposite of what we have all been used to. This specific 402(b), the Regulated Asset Protection Structure (RAPS), allows for pre-tax contributions. There are no maximum contribution limits as this is a nonqualified deferred compensation tax law issue. The fact that this is precisely the opposite…
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Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Problems
For U.S. persons it is absolutely correct that you should engage in diversification of investments and assets overseas. However, the difficulty with much of the information received from a blog or Google search, no matter how attractive it might seem, is completely out of date. All the points sound great if you say them quickly.…
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Luxembourg an On-shore IFC for Offshore Investment
Luxembourg is not a tax haven. It is not a country where you can hide assets in case of criminal investigations or amidst money laundering operations. Luxembourg has implemented all of the international standards in terms of the exchange of information for tax purposes. It has also implemented the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development…
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Wealth Preservation Europe Account
Dublin based Canada Life International Assurance has launched a new estate planning product – the Wealth Preservation Europe Account. The WPEA is based on Canada Life’s award winning Wealth Preservation Account (WPA), which was voted the Best Trust/Estate Planning Product in the International Adviser International Life Awards 2013. The WPEA and WPA both allow individuals…
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Offshore Company Formation Primer
‘One size fits all’ does not apply to offshore company formation. The choice will often depend on what your aims are, be it tax reduction, asset protection or wealth management on a larger scale. Here we take a look at the different offshore companies on offer and why they are used. Offshore Corporations, which are…