Mariette and Ebeth have just come away from a whistle stop tour of Australia and New Zealand presenting a series of Migration Seminars in association with Westpac Bank and leading South African and Australian investment company, Allan Gray. Thousands of kilometres and...

A resident may take R1million per annum out of the country as a discretionary allowance and R4million in FIA – foreign investment allowance. South African residents living abroad have one opportunity per calendar year to “export” money to a country of their...

How to make more money? Is the one common denominator people all over the world over try to get to grips with, while the right answer oftentimes is sitting right under their nose! We’re not saying it is easy but what we do know is there are viable solutions available...

As the saying goes it happens in the best of families. How many times have you heard of people travelling abroad who had to go see a doctor and ended up being treated in Afrikaans or feeling at home with the accented “take a deep breath”. For the expat doctors reading...

We’re arguably living in the most interesting time of all times. The technology economy, communication and access to information for real time delivery, ensured consumers’ craving for instant gratification is a baseline requirement - making the world a better place....

Changing the Face of Men’s Health is an important initiative, which at finglobal.com we take seriously. Movember is responsible for sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces around the world.  The aim? To raise vital funds for men’s health, specifically...

He became the hero the world needed: the committed, "good doctor" who could pull patients back from where they were teetering on the brink of death, who could give them new hearts – that magical symbol of love and life – and who could give them their lives back....

Making friends with the tax man Death and taxes are two inevitable facts of life. If you have outstanding tax returns and income, which should be declared in South Africa, you can now do so, without penalty. SARS is re-introducing its voluntary disclosure program as a...

Some of our South African brethren have taken the have passport will travel expression pretty seriously. The fact of the matter - these days we can go wherever we like - nothing to stop us, least of all our sense of adventure, curiosity and the quest to broaden...

If you retain investments and / or receive income in a currency different to that of the country where you live you are subject to inherent risk from a foreign exchange perspective. The graph, below, shows the movement in the exchange rate between the South African...

One of the most frequently asked questions we get is: "When are you coming to Australia (New Zealand, the UK, Canada, the USA etc)?" In order to personally meet, greet and explain how we can be of service we're undertaking trips to your new home countries of choice -...

We sat down to share our New Year's resolutions in January - Steve's first words were "I'm overwhelmed by our clients expression of appreciation …" and the proverbial penny dropped - once a South African always as South African. This conversation led us to develop a...

When emigrating from South Africa one generally leaves behind an important and valuable family heirloom - your retirement investments! Whilst this may be exactly the right course of action for some, many are keen to switch their retirement planning into their local...