An overview of International Pension Plans (IPP’s) One of the most important aspects of financial planning is ensuring the passing on of wealth to a spouse, family and future generations on one’s demise. However, this is one area of financial planning that can become very complex when the deceased person’s assets or accounts are in different countries, and this is

One of the biggest challenges of modern times is sensationalism, when facts aremisrepresented to create attention-grabbing headlines or to promote self-interest. When such a situation occurs, it is vitally important to look beyond the headlines and tryto separate fact from fiction in order to see through the misconceptions that may havebeen created. Failing to set the record straight leaves people

When Can Your Client Take Benefit and What Are Their Options? An important part of planning for your client’s retirement is knowing when they can start to receive funds from their Plan to have the lifestyle they want during their golden years. You can construct highly personalised retirement arrangements; however, this is all dependent on the nature of your client’s

Fad or the Future? Portugal, a country with a wonderful climate and warm-hearted people, has become the hottest destination1 for immigration in Europe since introducing its Non-Habitual Residency Regime (NHR). NHR is a strategic part of Portugal’s socio-economic policy developed to address the significant demographic and structural challenges of an ageing and declining population. The purpose of NHR is to

Discover what these widely used acronyms mean for you There has been a steady increase in criminal activity in respect of cybercrime and money laundering which has resulted in financial institutions being required to put in place more stringent measures to assist in combating crime. This means that we must pay specific attention to understand and know clients better in