The Blacktower Group, until now a mostly British-expat focused, pan-European advisory business based in Gibraltar and the UK, has established a presence in the U.S., and is gearing up to provide pension and financial planning advice to Americans resident in the U.S. as well as abroad.
The eight-year-long effort by organizations representing American expats around the world to convince the U.S. government to abolish FATCA appears likely to soon find itself in the middle of another battlefield.
Legislation that its proponents have said would significantly improve the lot of America’s 5.1 million to 9 million expatriates – which had been expected to appear before the end of the year, after failing to materialize in September – is now unlikely to be presented to the House of Representatives for a vote until next year, sources report.
After more than eight years of lobbying Congress and the White House, opponents of the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act are cautiously welcoming news that the Internal Revenue Service has issued a proposal to make major changes in that legislation and certain other reporting requirements that have made life difficult for Americans living outside of the U.S.
In an unexpected about-face that has drawn criticism from some groups, the UK has decided not to go ahead with a planned suspension of its so-called Tier 1 Investor program.
Beacon Global Group Europe, a Netherlands-based wealth adviser network specializing in looking after American expats, has entered into a strategic agreement to assist the international arm of Aisa Group with its American expatriate clients, the companies have announced.
The American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China has announced that it’s to establish a fifth chapter in the country, in Shandong province, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the region's Commerce Department.
When the Hollywood version of Kevin Kwan's 2013 novel, Crazy Rich Asians, hit the world's cinemas recently, English-language commentators familiar with the multi-cultural Singaporean dialect took note of the "Singlish" words...
Oct-26-2018
