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Financial Planning For New Parents There is no denying that a new baby is a game-changer for all rookie parents. A baby’s birth signals the time when a couple becomes a family. It is also the time they become responsible for the well-being of another human being. Of course, it involves the immediate challenges of…
Eight Reasons Why Malaysia Is Attractive To Businesses Advantages of Businesses in Malaysia Infinity has long known the benefits of business entities operating in Malaysia. The company opened its Kuala Lumpur office in 2004 and has been assisting expatriate and local clients in the country ever since. The World Bank ranked Malaysia 24th in 2018’s…
Did you know that you remain eligible to contribute and then receive the UK state pension even if you live overseas? Here’s the lowdown on the UK state pension and how to make sure you qualify for it. How much is the UK state pension? The full UK state pension is currently £175.20 a week…
Former UK pensions minister Steve Webb, who made headlines back in 2014 when pension freedoms were introduced by suggesting that it was ok for pensioners to blow their pensions on a Lamborghini, has issued a warning about the fragility of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund. The Pension Protection Fund is frequently described as a ‘lifeboat’…
Recent figures show that record numbers of people in their seventies are continuing to work. Rest Less, a website which describes itself as a ‘digital community for the over 50s’ recently analysed figures from the UK’s Office for National Statistics and found that the number of over 70s in employment has risen by 135% over…
Wealth is health So how does emotional resilience relate to financial planning? In the previous part of this three-part series of posts, we talked about the basic needs which form the foundation of the pyramid of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Financial planning plays a key role in securing these basic needs. When they are met…
Covid-19 has impacted us in a myriad of ways and, for many of us, the job losses, reduced income and forced confinement caused by the virus have shaken our financial security and negatively impacted our emotional resilience. In parts one and two of this series of blog posts, based on our webinar on Cultivating Emotional…
Discover the art of maintaining emotional balance during this challenging time The Covid-19 pandemic has required us all to dig deep to find emotional resilience to deal with a new reality and often challenging situations. Many expats in Asia and elsewhere have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, with many excluded from their newly adopted…
The 2020 reforms to the South African Income Tax Act removed the exemption on tax on foreign income for many South Africans living abroad, exposing them to a new tax liability. This has caused many expats to seek legal tax mitigation solutions. With financial emigration a last resort solution which is unsuited to the majority…
Most South Africans living abroad will be aware of reforms to the so-called ‘expat tax’ introduced this year by the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Until March 2020, income earned in a foreign country by South African expats was not subject to South African tax providing certain conditions were met with regards to residency and…