Discount offshore investment

Offshore investing, or keeping your assets offshore is not essential if you are an expatriate, but it is likely to be the most tax efficient way of managing your money. This is our guide to the most cost effective way of taking full advantage of offshore investment opportunities for the expatriate.

We provide expert advice online for expatriate clients interested in offshore investing and expatriate insurance and we offer the best discounts and product enhancements on all expatriate insurance products and offshore funds.

If you are interested in offshore investment or require help finding an expat pension, offshore asset protection trust or just plain old offshore funds, this site can help you find it.

If you are looking for offshore banking for an expatriate or require help finding expatriate insurance, expatriate life insurance, expat medical insurance or expat health insurance you will be diverted to our associate offshore investment web site for more information.

Offshore funds work on the same principle as onshore investment funds or mutual funds, pooling investors' money to provide the benefits of a well diversified and professionally managed portfolio of investments.

A fund qualifies as an offshore investment if it is incorporated in an offshore centre and intended for use by non-residents of that jurisdiction. Such funds generally pay little or nothing in the way of local taxes, although they may receive dividends or interest net of withholding tax depending on where and in which assets they invest. The same is true of offshore banking since the offshore banking institutions do not automatically deduct tax from the interest as their UK counterparts would have to do.

If tax is not the deciding factor in using offshore funds or an offshore trust, the scales may be tipped in their favour by other considerations. The type of investment may simply not be on offer onshore, due to regulatory prohibition or a lack of demand. Hedge funds are an example of the former and currency funds the latter.

There are thousands of offshore investment funds to choose from, around 38,000 in fact. We provide an opportunity for you to narrow the choices down, saving you time and money