UK General Election 2015
At 07:00 BST approximately 50,000 polling stations will open across the UK so that millions of people can cast their votes in the general election. [FULL LIVE COVERAGE ON THE BBC] FACTS: In total 650 MPs will be voted into Westminster. 50 million people are registered to vote. In addition to the general election, there […]
Great Britain, UK Expats, UK General Election 2015, World Politics
NHS Gets Tough on British Expats
The NHS just got much stricter for expats returning home to make the most of free healthcare and patients should expect to be asked questions about their residence status in the UK. From the 6th April, any expat that resides outside of Europe that returns home for health treatment must have sufficient insurance or pay […]
Financial Planning, Forex, Market Watch
Maximising Your Currency Options
Sterling has been one of the best performing currencies so far this year, recently hitting a seven-year high against the Euro, and powering ahead against the Australian and Canadian dollars. Consequently, expats are keen to ensure that they do not miss out, and thankfully there are some new products on the market that can help […]
Currency Exchange, Expat finance, Featured, Forex, Great British Pound, Travel money
Explained, Financial Planning, General, Market Watch, Tax-free Growth
No Place to Hide for Expat Tax Evaders
Within the next two years, almost 100 governments around the world will be exchanging information about bank accounts. Loopholes have rapidly begun to close for expat tax dodgers, and they are running out of places to hide. At present, if tax authorities suspect people of tax evasion and want details about their finances, they have […]
Expat Tax, Featured, Tax avoidance, Tax Changes, Tax Evasion, tax liabilities
Analysis, Financial Planning, Investments, Market Watch
Searching for Value, From Pigs to Property!
Many may think that successful investment managers are nothing but gamblers, sharks, charlatans, cowboys and crooks. These are individuals who use the concept of the “market” as an imaginary platform to showcase their so-called “skills”. Although one will come across the odd con-man, both on Wall Street and in Southeast Asia, who will have you […]
Featured, Financial advice, Financial Planning, Investment advice, Offshore wealth management, Personal Finance, Value Investing, Warren Buffet
Analysis, General, Market Watch
Business Events in Review from TWM
March 1st- 7th • In a big victory for the City of London, a court in the European Union overturned a decision by the European Central Bank that would have forced clearing houses to relocate their euro-denominated business to within the euro zone. • Actavis, a drugs company, issued $21 billion in bonds, making it […]
Explained, General, Market Watch
Political Events in Review from TWM
March 1st – 7th • Thousands of Russians attended the funeral of Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was murdered in Moscow two days before he was due to take part in a rally to protest against the war in Ukraine. • The leader of Turkey’s Kurdish rebels, Abdullah Ocalan, called on his Kurdistan Workers’ Party […]
Political Events, World Business, World Economy, World News, Worldwide Politics
“It is a truly scary time”
One hedge fund manager who correctly predicted the last financial crisis has warned that he is seeing parallels in today’s market. In an internal memo, Andy Redleaf, the CEO of Whitebox Advisors, said that “[he thinks] it is a truly scary time”. Whitebox Advisors is a $4.2 billion hedge and mutual fund. In the same […]
Financial Crisis, Market watch, Oil Prices, Predictions, Stock Markets
European Banks Fail Stress Tests
American banks pass their “stress tests” whilst European banks fail. The stress test review, carried out by the Federal Reserve, is designed to gauge whether the biggest banks operating in the US have the “ability to lend to households and businesses even in times of stress”. In other words, to test how prepared they are […]
Analysis, Financial Planning, Market Watch
Eurozone Not Viable
One of the UK’s most successful fund managers has warned that the eurozone is not viable in its current form. Neil Woodford, who set up his own investment fund last year, said that the concept of treating Greece like Germany was “fundamentally flawed”. In addition, Mr. Woodford said that continuing uncertainty over Britain’s EU membership […]
Eurozone Growth Forecast Increased
There is good news coming out of Europe for a change as The European Central Bank has raised this year’s growth forecast for the Eurozone. The growth forecast has grown from 1% to 1.5% for the year ahead. The ECB has also said that it will begin its quantitative easing programme next week that was […]
US Growth Slower Than First Thought
The US economy slowed down more than first thought at the end of 2014 according to revised official figures. The Commerce Department initially estimated growth at 2.6% between October and December but the most recent estimate is that the world’s largest economy grew at an annual pace of 2.2% during that period. The revised figure […]
