Economy & Finance

One of many pension options available to British expatriates today is transferring to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS). QROPS are foreign pension schemes recognised by HM Revenue &

Time may be running out for British retirees to move to Portugal in order to take advantage of its valuable non-habitual resident tax programme. Currently, talk abounds that the scheme

After the pound’s anti-climactic response to the Bank of England’s slight rise in interest rates last week, it is mostly keeping its head above somewhat choppy waters. The second cabinet

We often write about the importance of protecting your wealth, from taxes, inflation, institutional failure, etc. It is worth highlighting that one key element, whether you are looking at tax

The news that the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised interest rates to 0.5% has had an immediate impact on the value of the pound, although

The sterling’s week was dominated by the anticipation and arrival of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announcement on interest rates. The MPC voted 7-2 to raise the

Proposed changes to the UK domicile regime are coming into effect after being put on hold over the summer – and could prove costly for expatriates. Having ‘paused’ their Finance

Brexit once again cast its shadow over sterling, which dropped midweek following news of an apparent shift in the government’s approach to the transition period. Both the prime minister and

Since I wrote this article, the Portuguese government has released its state budget for 2018. In spite of all the expectations, it did not include any changes to pension taxation

Catalonian independence question answered There was little news from Europe this week, the potential threat from Catalonian independence has been neutralised for now, somewhat controversially, but any subsequent rise in