Daily Maverick Articles #Offshore

As we've spoken about before, it's important to have some assets overseas if possible, as it diversifies your portfolio to optimise growth. However, what are the advantages of having it in a wrapper? Let's take some time and unpack this scenario, with special interest on inheraitance and taxation.

With many investors now adopting a more optimal approach with their investment strategy by having money offshore, an important thing to take note of is "situs tax". Let's take some time and discuss what it means, what implications it can have, and how it can be worked around with some careful consideration.

With the local elections on the horizon, people may be getting anxious about the safety of their invested monies, but it is crucial as an investor not to time the market and predict its movements. The patient approach is generally correct, especially if there is a cohesive strategy connected to your investments.

It is important to spread your investments across countries. This is how you can do it

Inheriting shares that are listed offshore can be a complicated and time consuming process. Some clever planning can make this a simple one.

Many South Africans have children living abroad. Here are some ideas to make inheriting easier.

A clever structure can save you lots of money and hassle when it comes to offshore assets.

It is easy to invest funds offshore. Your financial adviser or a currency specialist can convert your rands into dollars very quickly. The next question is, what should you do with this money once it is offshore?

Offshore investing can seem like such a daunting prospect, and it isn't risk free by any means, but it's actually fairly easy and can improve your financial wellness significantly, Let's discuss offshore investing, and trusting the market and its patterns vs trying to time it and potentially losing out massively.

How to transfer offshore assets from one generation to the next without any headaches

Why you should invest offshore and how to do it cleverly