For most people caught up in the busy reality of living, exploring their bucket list only becomes a possibility once they are retired. However, South African expats who have moved…
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How to make new friends is a big concern for many expats retiring abroad. The good news is that a survey by the National Academy of Sciences, which included more…
If you are a South African living abroad, you’ll be delighted to discover you can turn your South African retirement annuity and various other South African-based savings and investments into cash,…
South African expats often relocate abroad and spend many years living there before the issue of financial emigration raises its head. The reason for financial emigration from south africa for…
Expats who live for long periods abroad and retire abroad are often concerned about their pensions and retirement annuities – especially if they have paid substantial sums into their pensions…
When you start off your expat journey, retiring might be the furthest thing from your mind. But if you spend a lot of your life working in a foreign country,…
A few years ago South Africans weren’t allowed to transfer the proceeds of their retirement annuities offshore before age 55. In 2008, however, a change in tax legislation made it…
Emigrating from South Africa presents a host of novel challenges – you’ll find you have to acquaint yourself with regulations, procedures and terminology you’d never have had to concern yourself…
Semeyi Zake of Business Day recently interviewed finglobal.com CEO, Ryno Viljoen, to discuss some of the options available to South African emigrants around their retirement savings as well as the…
Finances are always top of mind when you’re immigrating, unless you’re in the lucky position of moving to a country with a weaker currency than the one you’re currently residing…