Navigating financial advice can be complex, especially for British expats living and working abroad. Ensuring your hard-earned money is working for you, planning for retirement, managing cross-border investments, and understanding tax implications across different jurisdictions can be daunting.
Whenever I speak to clients about investing, I always talk about having an emergency fund equivalent to 6 months of expenses first. Sometimes life can present you with a situation where you need quick access to money and without a financial safety net it can threaten your financial well-being and cause a great deal of stress.
When we live back in our home country, managing currencies is all pretty straightforward. We are paid in our home currency, we pay your bills in our home currency, and most of our investments are likely in our home currency. In this case, we generally have very little currency risk. The problem we have as expats, however, is that we have too many choices.
A property trust will (also known as a property protection trust, an asset protection trust, a family protection trust or a property preservation trust) keeps your home safe for your loved ones after you die. It does this by placing your share of the property in a trust, so that the people you want to benefit from it can – but without owning it. With a property trust will, your spouse can still live in the home you share after…