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
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, 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
8 Reasons to Use Your Vote
It is the season for the indifferent, droopy types to offer a million and one reasons that they do not intend to place a vote in the UK elections. That’s fine. If you are completely uniformed about the policies each candidate is pushing, then frankly we don’t want your opinion. That said, here are 8 […]
Conservative, Expatriates, Featured, General Elections, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UK, UKIP, Vote
The growth of house prices has slowed in the UK
According to the latest figures from Halifax, the annual growth of property in the UK had slowed to 8.2% in November compared with 8.8% in October. The lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that property prices were 0.4% higher last month than they were in October. The figures came on the same day that […]
Financial Planning, General, Long Term Savings, Regular Savings, Retirement Planning
Investing Essentials – Balance Your Risk
One of the most important nuggets of financial investment guidance you will ever be offered is to expand your portfolio into a number of various investment vehicles. This can help you spread out the risk and also obtain a steady return on your investment capital. This kind of investing can be categorized extensively as value […]
Bonds, Diversification, Investments, Long term Savings, Mutual Funds, Stock Market, Structured Investments
Financial Planning, General, Inheritance
Wills and Inheritance Changes in the UK
There are some big changes looming for the rules surrounding inheritance in the UK. From the 1st October 2014, these changes will come in to force. If you have assets in the UK these changes may affect you. The moral of this story, is please ensure that you have an up to date will in […]
The Queen urges voters to think “carefully”
The Queen has broken her silence on the potential break-up of the United Kingdom just four days before the polls open. In an unusual move for a member of the Royal family, the Queen said that voters should think “very carefully about the future” before casting their vote on Thursday in the historical referendum vote. […]
England, Great Britain, Great British Pound, Politics, Referendum, Scotland, Sterling, The Queen, The Royal Family
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, is celebrated in Vietnam on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese calendar. The festival has been celebrated in this part of the world for 3,500 years by the sharing and eating of mooncakes and by admiring the full moon. It is considered the second most important […]
Offshore Savings, the sooner the better
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Children's Education Fee Planning, Future Planning, Long term Savings, Offshore Savings, Retirement Planning, Tax-Free Growth
