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What does Brexit mean for expats?

Expats throughout Europe have been taking advantage of the free movement and employment they’ve become accustomed to, since Britan decided to leave the EU expats throughout Europe are now in jeopardy of losing those rights and given the new title of ‘illegal immigrants’. The UK und...
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Death Comes to us all

Death comes to us all, but are we prepared financially. Whilst leaving debts paid, family secure etc. are important, there is also the aspect of ensuring affairs are in order, and a will has been written. A recent trial in UK where a will writer was charged with stealing over £300,000 from aged cli...
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EU referendum: full results and analysis

The votes of Britans EU Referendum have been counted and results released, the UK by a substantial margin have voted to leave the EU at 51.9 %, whilst 48.1 % voted to remain. Scotland, and unsurprisingly London the majority voted to remain,  outside the capital throughout the rest of England the ma...
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Time in not Timing

For century’s people have debated what asset class is best in the long term. You can imagine Genghis Khan wondering whether he would be better off with vast swathes of land, or herds of cattle, which one would bring the best rewards in the long term? Each asset class will have good times and bad [...
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How Much is Enough??

What figure do you have in mind when it comes to your retirement nest egg ? Anyone close to retirement will have these thoughts. Perhaps it would have been more prudent if they had thought about these matters much longer ago. However, we cannot turn the clock back, so the question remains, “how mu...
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Switzerland is Top Expat Destination

Switzerland comes top as an all-round expat destination Out of 35 countries Switzerland has been ranked number one as the best expat destination for a well balanced, good quality of life, Singapore, China and Germany were also in the top 5, whilst Egypt rated poorly at no. 34 and UK a miserable no...
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Moving Overseas ? Protect Your Pension

UK government have confirmed QROPS ban on public sector and civil service pensions, but there is still time to act! Workers in the UK’s civil service and public services hoping to retire overseas via a QROPS have had their hopes dashed by a government ban on unfunded defined pension transfers. UK...
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