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09 Jun 2021

Appetite for offshore investing increasing

“We live in a global village and as such we’ve seen increased appetite from investors for moving money abroad,” Jeanette Marais, Momentum Investments CEO and Deputy CEO of Momentum Metropolitan, told the recent Momentum Investments Global Matters conference – an annual event aimed at equipping advisers with insights to enhance discussions about offshore investing.

23 Oct 2018

To financially emigrate or not to?

Emigrating to another country can be as stressful as it is exciting. It’s difficult enough to relocate your possessions, but it becomes even more complex when the time comes to transfer your financial assets abroad. Can you just use your foreign investment allowances to move your money or do you need to financially emigrate? There...

20 May 2016

The importance of regular valuing of assets in relation to other currencies

Over the last six months the rand has declined by 23.11% against the dollar and it is probable that this trend will continue particularly if the county’s political uncertainties continue to diminish confidence.

12 Apr 2016

Treasury requests comment on Voluntary Disclosure Programme

On 24 February 2016, the Minister of Finance in his Budget Speech announced the introduction of a Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme to give a further opportunity for non-compliant taxpayers who still have undisclosed assets abroad to voluntarily disclose their offshore assets and income.

03 Sep 2015

Hedge funds: time to exit or do they still have a place?

The violent intra-day market volatility seen in the past two weeks has caused widespread panic and has undoubtedly seen many investors making irrational and emotionally-driven decisions. These decisions are often sub-optimal and result in the destruction of wealth for the investor. It is times like these when hedge funds can prove their worth by protecting...