Singapore - Another Hong Kong? 18.06.2009 Located in South East Asia, Singapore is a highly developed and successful free market economy which enjoys an open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, a low tax regime and a per capita GDP equal to that of most parts of Western Europe.

Alternative Equity Investment 16.05.2009 Once upon a time, before the Internet and before globalization of the financial sector, investment for most people meant buying stocks, shares or collective investment units through a broker, using the mail and the telephone. You can still do it that way, but more and more people, especially globe-trotting expatriates, do it on-line, and do it for themselves using a whole zoo of techniques in which direct ownership of underlying shares is just one solution, and no longer the best in many situations.

International Property Investment - Are REITs Right For You? 29.03.2008

If you are in the right place at the right time, investing in real estate can be one of the most profitable and enjoyable forms of medium to long term investment there is. Depending on your circumstances, international real estate investment may prove preferable, for a number of reasons, despite the additional challenges it can sometimes pose. Diversifying your investment portfolio by buying property in several different countries, for example, can help to cushion you against downturns in any one particular market. Even if you cannot afford to do this, you may find that you will be able to snap up an incomparable bargain in an up-and-coming country which would never have been available in your country of residence. (Unless you happen to have the good fortune to be resident in a newly popular emerging market country, of course!)