Sammi SidahmedNov 19, 20203 min readA brief summary of the UK pension system as an expat The UK pension system has traditionally ranked highly in the world. However, a recent Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index saw the UK...
Salmaan SaqebNov 5, 20208 min read2021 SARS income tax changes. South African expatriates should not only understand the new expatriate 2020 tax laws, which endangers their foreign income but should...
Salmaan SaqebNov 4, 20202 min readHow to retire on your own terms. It’s really important you understand this. Something is gonna happen in your life, one day, you’re gonna stop working. And you have to...
Tamara WrightOct 21, 20203 min read Three Reasons You Are Not Rich in Dubai First of all, ‘rich’ has a slightly different meaning for everyone but for the purposes of my blog name I mean ’rich’ in the...
Tamara WrightOct 15, 20202 min readEverything you need to know about the State Pension Triple-lockIn 2010, the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government introduced a ‘triple-lock’ to state pensions. This system guarantees that the value of the...
Asim MacciOct 14, 20202 min readWill negative rates hit pensions? Fear is YES!! RBC predicts rates will be cut to minus 0.15pc in February in a move that would harm pensions and the economy's recovery from Covid...
Asim MacciOct 7, 20202 min readState Pension age rises to 66 and set to go up furtherThe age at which most people start to receive the state pension has now officially hit 66 after steady rises in the qualifying age in...
Salmaan SaqebOct 4, 20201 min readCredit Card, saviour or sin? You may have heard about good debt or bad debt. Debt is a very negative term but when used to leverage something that will increase in...
Salmaan SaqebSep 29, 20202 min readWould You Pay £336,000 for Coffee?How many coffees a day do you drink? I’m talking Starbucks, Costa, Mug & Bean, Neros, Tim Hortons (for our canadian readers), and all...
Sammi SidahmedSep 20, 20203 min readHow to top up your British state pension while living as an expat in the UAEMany expats fail to save an adequate amount for their future whilst living in the UAE, which is why relying on state pension at home can...
Salmaan SaqebSep 20, 20202 min readPension Savings for all may be affected in November 2020 Budget Tax ChangesPension Savings are typically set aside from pre-tax earnings and can be thought of as a useful took to build savings. Recently, the...
Asim MacciSep 17, 20202 min readPension funds face tough fight to erode huge deficitsShare markets would have to perform far above the norm to allow pension fund managers to make up their deficits Britain’s traditional...
Salmaan SaqebSep 16, 20202 min readWhat is the 10 year tax rule? The 10 year tax rule recongized by the Australian Tax Office (A.T.O) allows both Australian nationals as well as Australian residents to...
Asim MacciSep 14, 20205 min readNational Insurance – what you should know as a UK expatThis article outlines the advantages of contributing voluntary National Insurance payments as a UK expat, in order to benefit from the UK...
Asim MacciSep 14, 20202 min readNational Insurance for British expats…to pay or not to pay, that is the questionIf you think you have gaps in your National Insurance Contributions, find out, it’s easy to get hold of your record – then you’ll know...
Asim MacciSep 14, 20203 min readWhy you should contribute to UK national insurance as an expat?If you want to receive a full UK state pension when you retire then you need to have made enough national insurance contributions to...
Asim MacciSep 14, 20202 min readPaying voluntary National Insurance contributions as an expatDeciding if paying voluntary UK national insurance contributions is worthwhile as an expat is a nightmare based on where you work and how...
