Expatriate Britons are continuing to live the dream despite the downturn in global economic prospects over the past five years, according to the latest instalment of the NatWest International Personal Banking (NatWest IPB) Quality of Life Index.
Hong Kong has tumbled down the list of most expensive locations for expats to live, as a weaker dollar continues to negate the impact of rising prices, according to the annual cost of living survey from ECA International.
Expat wealth remains robust despite the tough global economic conditions and political unrest experienced in some regions in 2011, a survey of hundreds of countries has found.
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.
Graeme Stenson, private client tax specialist at Kleinwort Benson in London, looks at some of the key tax issues British expatriates face when they return home for good.
The proposed pension scheme for expatriates in the United Arab Emirates will not be subsidised or guaranteed at a government level, according to an economic adviser at the Dubai Department of Economic Development.
In what may be seen as an indication of how conscious the outside world is of Britains current economic and social hard times, a recent survey of more than British expatriates has revealed that in the past year, as many as 15% may have cancelled their plans to return to Britain.
The exodus of British workers to foreign postings is continuing, according to a new NatWest International Personal Banking survey, which found 84% of what it called expat global workers say they were lured overseas by the prospect of advancing their careers.
Luanda in Angola is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second year running.
British expats around the world are preparing to joing the global Royal Wedding party.
The number of expats planning to return to the UK has fallen over the past six months.
The children of expats benefit from their parents’ decision to live abroad, a new survey reveals
