Tag: FFI

  • Corporatize your Offshore Capital Structure

    [box]AML & KYC are the first issues for consideration, when planning an Offshore Capital Structure.[/box] The best course of action to ring-fence liability, is this ORS/402(b) program. FATCA and the Automatic Exchange of Financial Information reporting rules are enforced now. The PRC has the same rules about foreign financial account reporting as does the USA.…

  • Secrecy & Privacy for Offshore Investment

    Whether you are from China or the USA there are TWO important questions in regards to how one deals with money and offshore investment: on the individual tax compliant level and at the institutional reporting level Whether it is the client himself or the foreign financial institution (FFI) they really have no idea about what…

  • Invest Offshore via Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI)

    Benefits of Insurance Structures for Offshore Investment The advantages of private placement life insurance (PPLI) or variable unit-linked (VUL) life insurance are now well known and have become an integral part of wealth planning for offshore advisers. The main benefits are the following: Tax optimization and planning, Asset protection (ownership transfer of any premium) Investment…