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4 LikesOverseas pension entitlements: To transfer or not to transfer? When either new arrivals or former Australian residents land permanently on Australian soil, they will invariably have assets accumulated offshore. These may involve complex issues regarding controlled foreign company, foreign investment funds, transferor trusts and deemed......
3 LikesWhen considering UK pension schemes, there are two main types: 1. Final salary or defined benefit schemes (FS). The value of your entitlement under this type of pension scheme is based on a set formula determined by the UK pension scheme trustees. The formula is......
3 LikesEver since UK Chancellor Philip Hammond announced, in his spring Budget on 8 March, that a new 25% charge, taking effect the next day, would be levied on most overseas pension transfers, there’ve been no shortage of predictions of the virtual end of the pension......
6 LikesInternational Investment magazine profiled Prism Xpat and its CEO as the feature of its October 2016 edition. Britons emigrating to Australia don’t always realise it, but before heading for the airport they need to do more than simply buy a one-way ticket to Sydney, and......
15 LikesThe Australian government has announced wide-ranging pension reforms that are already being likened in scale to UK chancellor George Osborne’s radical pension freedom changes. Treasurer Scott Morrison, in his first budget on 3 May, set out an alteration to the amount that can be contributed......
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