Portugal and Malta top expat ranking
The most attractive investment migration programmes are from Malta and Portugal, according to the Henley Partners Global Residence and Citizenship Programmes 2017–2018 report.
The most attractive investment migration programmes are from Malta and Portugal, according to the Henley Partners Global Residence and Citizenship Programmes 2017–2018 report.
Wednesday 8 November marks the one-year anniversary of the shock election of Donald Trump as president of the US. One-year on, and several thousand tweets later, we spoke to three investors to gauge their view on just what he has achieved since.
Nearly two thirds of financial advisers in the Middle East are still heavily reliant on upfront commissions in a much more pronounced way than other regions in the world, according to a poll in International Adviser’s regional digital editions.
Another day, another major leak of sensitive data that reveals even the British Queen has her fingers in some offshore-pies. But with everything legal and above board, are we at risk of sensationalising something that is pretty average?
The UK’s crown dependencies and overseas territories have hit back at international media scrutiny and allegations that they facilitate tax avoidance and evasion following the leak of the Paradise Papers.
Recent legislative changes to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion are not retroactive, so it is unlikely that there will be any prosecutions in the UK arising from the cyber attack on Bermuda-headquartered law firm Appleby, a partner at law firm Corker Binning has said.
Jason Pearce, area sales manager, Hong Kong and NE Asia at OMI, talks to International Adviser about Future Fit, a series of best practice modules that can help advisers run their businesses more efficiently.
Korea is becoming more appealing to international investors as newly elected government officials in South Korea start to position themselves away from the country’s most powerful families and implement reform to eliminate many prevalent shareholder-unfriendly practices, says Jacob Mitchell, chief investment officer Antipodes Partners and manager of the Antipodes Global Fund – Ucits.
Advisers in Europe need to embrace the hurricane of legislation that is about to hit them or risk “driving their business into a cul-de-sac with no reverse gear“, writes Chris Lean, a Czech-based chartered financial planner with Aisa International.
Upfront commission remains a burning issue in South Africa, as the nation’s financial advice sector awaits the regulator’s next move following the signing of the ‘Twin Peaks’ legislation into law.
Jonathan Quach, head of business development at Bupa Global, talks about the benefits of international private medical insurance (IPMI) versus domestic private coverage.
There were nearly three times as many new Chinese billionaires than US ones last year, helping to make Asia home to the most billionaires for the first time and driving the global population to 1,542, according to a report from UBS and PwC.