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10 Investment Tips For Savvy Savers

  It’s only natural that expat savers want to make the most of the cash they have stashed in poor performing offshore bank and building society accounts. However high their money mountains may reach, they need to keep making sensible financial decisions to keep growing their wealth. To help savers get to grips with managing…

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Financial Planning
How much money do you need to retire?

  No one really knows how much they need to save to retire because so many variables apply to the equation. Everyone has their own solution that takes into account factors like when you retire, how long you will live, how much you spend and how much you have managed to save during your lifetime…

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Market Update
Green Card Welcome For Expats In Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia is to extend a welcoming hand to expats by offering them a right of residency similar to the US green card system. The card will allow expats to claim permanent residency in the country. Expats will pay Zakat, VAT and insurance premiums in the same way as Saudis and will have the…

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Expats Launch Brexit Vote Challenge In High Court

  British expats denied a vote in the UK Brexit referendum have won the right to challenge the government’s decision in the High Court. Harry Shindler, a World War Two veteran living in Italy And Jacquelyn MacLennan claim the British government is breaching their human rights by not allowing them to vote. Shindler, 94, said…

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How much tax will Brexit cost 2m British expats?

  A vote in favour of Brexit could turn into a nightmare scenario for 2 million British expats living in Europe. The European Union has no procedures in place to deal with a state pulling out of the bloc, just a two-year breathing space to try to dissipate the economic fall-out of a sudden break…

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Financial Planning
Financial regrets, we have a few…

  Thousands of people approach retirement with a pile of financial regrets, according to a new survey. Only one in five believed they had not made any wrong financial decisions, but the majority rued many money errors they had made throughout their lives, according to specialist insurance firm Partnership. Top of the list of money…

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