Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia You could throw a stone and hit twenty new office and residential skyscrapers being built in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Go practically anywhere in...
How to start your own offshore bank
The banks and the governments of the West are insolvent. Online banking allows financial companies to offer their services worldwide. What we’ve seen in Cyprus and now Greece...
Where to buy real estate in Colombia: Medellin vs. Bogota
Colombia is seen by many as a lawless, dangerous place filled with drug cartels and violent crime – but while the country was the playground of Pablo Escobar during the 1970s...
Panama Citizenship and Second Residence: A How-to Guide
Panama has a relatively easy and straightforward process when it comes to becoming a resident, and Panama citizenship can be obtained after only 5 years. You can get started with...
Should you invest in Real Estate in Ireland?
While most of Western Europe is doing all it can to stay uncompetitive, such as France’s highest tax rates in the developed world and the United Kingdom’s attempts to kick...
Why international companies are moving to Hong Kong
There are several reasons why companies are moving to Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a great place to go for anyone looking to start a business offshore. The list of successful Hong...
How to Profit (and Plant Flags) with These Three Currencies
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Things have gotten pretty cheap around here lately. By some measures, as much as 25% cheaper. Here in Malaysia, expats and foreign visitors have...
How to Move Money Offshore: 5 Ways to Fund an Offshore Account
Last updated February 20, 2021 Dateline: Singapore Having an offshore bank account — or two… or three — is an important step in planting flags around the world. As we often...
How to Protect Yourself from a Bank Bail-In Overseas
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia We frequently discuss that the idea of "wealth" is subjective. In tough economic times, a recession can be defined by your neighbor losing his...
6 Offshore Jurisdictions for Companies to Avoid in 2021
Dateline: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Too many folks who are going offshore for the first time make one big mistake that ends up costing them a lot of problems, money, and even legal...
The Greek bank run: prepare to lose your money, Grexit or not
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia If you spent the weekend in Athens or anywhere else in Greece, chances are your attempts to withdraw cash were met with the message that "This...
Investing in Jakarta real estate: opportunity or turmoil?
Dateline: Semarang, Indonesia Jakarta’s real estate market has been in turmoil for several years now, undergoing the biggest increase in real estate prices of any world city, in...
How to affordably ship your gold and silver overseas
Dateline: Singapore Update 2023: Previously we've discussed tips on buying gold and the best countries to store your gold, but moving it there, that's another story. So in this...
Buying farmland in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil
Dateline: Atlantida, Uruguay Andrew has long outlined the benefits of farmland investment, not only in Asia but especially in South America. Although land prices have...
What Is A Private Bank Account? And How to Get One
Last Updated July 25, 2020 Dateline: Warsaw, Poland One of the biggest challenges in the world of offshore strategies and flag theory is one that many other businesses face. The...
Why Banking with HSBC Hong Kong is No Longer Appealing
Dateline: Barcelona, Spain Admittedly, I’m not a “movie guy”, but one of my favorite movies of all time is the James Bond flick, The World is Not Enough. In the first scene...
How to secede from your country: a story of Venetian independence
Dateline: Venice, Italy In 421, wealthy merchants from Padua in what is now Italy founded the Republic of Venice to serve as a trading post on the Adriatic Sea. Back then, the...
Hong Kong and Singapore: Hubs for investors and entrepreneurs
Dateline: Hong Kong When thinking of some of the most stable, business-friendly, capitalist, and financially robust places in Asia, Hong Kong and Singapore are at, or very close...
Expats: Close Your Bank Account When Leaving the US
There’s a lot to think about when planning your move abroad, from visas and housing to healthcare. But one key aspect often gets overlooked: your bank account in the United...
The US population shift to the Sun Belt: Invest HERE, not there
Dateline: Bucharest, Romania I had two rather dichotomous conversations over the weekend that ended up at a rather similar conclusion. One of my calls was to a childhood friend...
