Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesA Delicate Affair – Part I
Thursday, February 21st, 2008A DELICATE AFFAIR – Part I
Beginning a new series where our own offshore banking consultant, Peter Macfarlane, writes in-depth about real life case studies from his files and real life solutions to difficult problems implemented for clients. Of course all identifying details have been changed to protect the clients’ confidentiality, but the essential facts are [...]
A Delicate Affair – Part II
Thursday, February 21st, 2008From the case files of Peter Macfarlane:
A DELICATE AFFAIR – PART II
In the second of our series, our non-resident banking consultant, Peter Macfarlane, writes in-depth about real life case studies from his files, and real life solutions to difficult problems, implemented for clients. Of course all identifying details have been changed to protect the clients’ [...]
Keeping Offshore Banks Under Control – And Why You Should Beware of Blacklisted Countries and Banks
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 KEEPING OFFSHORE BANKS UNDER CONTROL – AND WHY YOU SHOULD BEWARE OF BLACKLISTED COUNTRIES AND BANKS
A 2003 report from the US Senate called for the monitoring, and eventual banning, of all transactions with ‘high risk’ offshore banks. Five years later, with the US economy in crisis and the money-printing presses running at full capacity, [...]
How to Choose the Right Bank for Your Offshore Company
Thursday, February 21st, 2008How to Choose the Right Bank for Your Offshore Company
By Peter Macfarlane
So you have your offshore company or trust set up. The first thing you need to make it function will probably be a bank account. In this first of two articles exclusively for the Q, Peter Macfarlane explains why making the right banking choice [...]
Coin Collecting as Currency
Thursday, February 21st, 2008“There is one standard against which (the current) debasement of currencies can be measured and one asset which investors can own to protect themselves: That standard and that asset is gold.”
Ian Lamont, writing in The Scotsman, Edinburgh
In my regular column for the Q Wealth Report this month, I would like to make a little diversion [...]