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Retirement annuity transfer and Freedom of the City
Freedom of the City of London was first recorded in the year 1237 as the highest honour the City can ...
Expats and South African retirement annuities – 5 options at retirement/maturity
By Mariette Janse van Rensburg A fin24 report of 24 September 2006 quoted one million South Africans left the country “in the past ...
South Africa’s PPS members share in R4 billion profit
PPS Group – the largest South African company operating under the mutual model – a business owned by its members ...
South African pension transfers demystified
The word pension was first recorded in the 1520’s, meaning: a "regular payment in consideration of past service.” As a youngster I recall it ...
Do you know your South African tax status?
As an expat, still holding assets and other interests in South Africa, it’s in your interest to know your SARS ...
What is financial emigration (formal emigration)?
By Mariette Janse van Rensburg Hundreds, if not thousands, of South Africans living abroad who are gainfully employed, paying their ...
Financial emigration: will I lose my citizenship?
Is the fair, and generally first, question people want an answer to when financial emigration comes up for discussion… The answer is no - short ...
Budget Speech 2014: good news
South Africans living overseas pay less tax Finance Minister Pravin Gordon’s tax announcement gave back more than South African taxpayers ...
7 Reasons why you need to keep your PPS membership alive
Free Risk Cover – Over time your annual profit share allocation may well exceed your annual premiums Profit Share Allocation – PPS ...
Who do you miss most – Mrs. Balls or Mr. Broker?
Probably the most famous lady in the world, the omnipresent Mrs. Balls can be found in a South African shop near you, but ...
10 important financial questions to consider when you emigrate
By Mariette Janse van Rensburg 01. How to exchange your Rand to your new home currency It is bad enough to ...
What to do with my retirement monies left in South Africa?
Do I leave my investments in South Africa, or transfer them to the UK … this depends on where where am I ...
As good as it gets? Better!
finglobal.com is an international PPS advisor specialising in providing solutions for South Africans’ financial emigration and financial planning needs. At ...
No better time to think about retirement than now…
We’re not suggesting for you to down tools and put up your feet just yet, but rather to think about ...
Taking stock of ‘left behind’ South African retirement investments
If there’s one graph all South Africans and expats understand, it’s the one showing the decline of the value of ...
How to move your South African money
It takes some doing, but that’s what we do. We provide simple solutions to a complex process: moving your money ...
Financial Emigration from South Africa – the Benefits
Peoples’ most Frequently Asked Question: “Do I retain my birthright, my passport and my South African citizenship?” The answer: Yes, yes and ...
Who wants to be a millionaire?
You’re living and working abroad, earning dollars or pounds and looking for investment opportunities that offer a good medium to ...
Can’t touch your South African inheritance?
One of the most common hurdles South African residents living outside the country have to cross is transferring income from ...
PPS Professionals making it elsewhere
Are you a South African selling your professional skills on the international market, but have assets and obligations back home? ...
Move up to R16 million from South Africa
As a South African living abroad you have one opportunity now to “export” up to R16 million to a country ...
