feifa links with aussie expat service
The Federation of European Independent Financial Advisers has formed a joint initiative with Elston Partners, a Brisbane-based advisory firm specialising in Australian expatriates.
Author: International Adviser
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crossing the pond
Alex Jones, a director at Deloitte Global Employer Services, explores the tax implications of using a QROPS after moving to the US.
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worlds rich wrestle with fortune bequests
The management of personal wealth has come a long way since 1852, when Charles Dickens used a bitter and drawn out family battle over an inheritance as the basis for the plot of his then-latest novel, Bleak House.
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manulife strengthens ties with bank of china
Manulife Financial, the Canada-based insurance giant, has signed a new framework agreement with Bank of China, which it says will run for a minimum of two years.
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canada life intl sales up by one third
New business sales at Canada Life International topped £1bn in the first nine months of 2011, representing a 32% increase on the equivalent period last year.
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guernsey iom downgraded by s and p
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poors has downgraded Guernsey and the Isle of Man from AAA to AA+, outlook stable, owing to concerns over their external vulnerability and lack of monetary flexibility.
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uhnwis control 25trn wealthx study
A pool of almost 186,000 ultra-high net worth individuals account for assets of more than $25trn, according to Wealth-X, a Singapore-based research provider to global institutions.
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expats in china brace for new expat tax
China is putting the finishing touches on a new regime for taxing foreign workers as it continues to build its social services infrastructure.
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us expats hold uncitizenship event in canada
What is said to have been the first citizenship renunciation meeting ever held in Canada took place at the US consulate in Toronto last month, as some 22 Americans sought to end once and for all the hassle of being a US expat, the Canadian Globe and Mail reported yesterday.
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fund redemptions slow slightly in september
Long-term funds in Europe suffered redemptions of 46.2bn in September, as continued market volatility in the month sent investors running scared.
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aegon enters arbitration with spanish retail bank
Dutch life insurer Aegon has entered in to arbitration with Spanish retail bank, Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo (CAM), in order to exit a partnership with the bank after it failed to make the required business returns in a distribution agreement.
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american citizens abroad continues to pressure IRS
American Citizens Abroad, a Geneva-based organisation which represents expatriate Americans around the world, is continuing to push publicly for a relaxation of the US tax authorities recent, rigid and punitive treatment of US expats who have failed to report the existence of their overseas bank accounts.