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January 2013: Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
South African stocks ended the year near record highs, after a 22 % surge that marks their best annual return since 2009, lifted by a runaway performance from the booming retailing industry. Historically, from 1995 until 2013, the South Africa Stock Market (FTSE/JSE)...
January 2013: Ubuntu System Operating Software – Mark Shuttleworths pride and joy
Mark Richard Shuttleworth, born 18 September 1973 is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who gained worldwide fame on 25 April 2002 as the second self-funded space tourist and the first-ever African in space. In 1995 he founded Thawte, a company that specialised in...
December 2012: There is no such thing as a good tax
Death and taxes are two inevitable facts of life, but those emigrants who used our professional taxation advice and planning services all enjoyed a cherry on top. Rest assured Sir Winston, we make it better! When planning to move from one country to another tax...
December 2012: Sustainbility – long term prospects
Sustainability has become an “everyday” word in our vocabulary, with far-reaching implications for our daily lives. In the good old days when air was clean and dancing dirty, it never bothered us where our food, clothes and consumables came from. We happily consumed...
December 2012: Wysiwyg – what you see is what you get
WYSIWYG, the acronym for what you see is what you get, originated in the computer world but has become an everyday way of saying accept me for who I am … Someone once penned the phrase computers are amazing thingsand 20 years later most of us are still in awe of the...
December 2012: Who is Jan Braai?
Gas is Afrikaans for a guest at your braai, not something you braai with, nothing beats a real wood fire. Never braai with indigenous wood. Alien vegetation, like Rooikrans and black wattle, drink lots of ground water, so rather burn them. Jan Scannell aka Jan Braai...
December 2012: And the winner of the Fly promotion is?
Closing date for our FLY promotion was Friday 30 November, 17h00 local time. It was heart-warming to see just how much the oupa’s and ouma’s are missing the grandchildren. Absence makes the heart grow fonder but it’s the little ones who really can’t wait! How...
December 2012: Why you need to financially emigrate?
South African residents who “officially†live overseas but haven’t made the decision to financially emigrate, please take note: using a SA debit or credit card abroad is not allowed, it’s against Foreign Exchange regulations and penalties are severe! The...
December 2012: Migration seminars – wealth creation platforms for expats abroad
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...
December 2012: How to move ZAR10 million in 60 days
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...
November 2012: Money makes the world go round: How to grow your wealth
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...
November 2012: Is there a doctor in the house – why PPS is good for you?
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...
November 2012: Are you coming or going – what is the world coming to?
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....
November 2012: Movember and Sons – supporting men’s health
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. Â The aim? To raise vital funds for men’s health, specifically...
November 2012: Hero of heart transplants globally – Christiaan Barnard
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....
October 2012: fresh milk newsletter
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...
September 2012: fresh milk newsletter
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...
Eliminate exchange rate risk, if you can!
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...
June 2011: fresh milk newsletter
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 -...
March 11: fresh milk newsletter
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...
March 2011: expats – ever tried to cash out your retirement funds from abroad?
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...
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