Expat Focus Financial Update July 2021

Expat drift from Singapore continues to gather speed A desire to leave the city state continues to grow among Singapore’s expats, according to a Financial Times report in July. We’ve reported on this before, and it continues to be an

Expat Focus Brexit News Update July 2021

Seven months into the post-Brexit period, Ireland and fishing continue to dominate Brexit-related headlines, with a further row erupting about how much the UK owes the EU in its post-divorce settlement to honour previous spending commitments. The EU is looking

Expat Focus International News Update June 2021

New survey ranks top expat destinations A recent survey by global network InterNations has revealed the top destinations for expats in 2020-21. Asian and South American countries come top of the list, with Taiwan leading the way (for the third

Expat Focus International Healthcare Update June 2021

Last month’s top story relating to healthcare and expats is still this month’s top story, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to pursue its roller-coaster course around the globe. In this month’s round-up, we take a look at vaccination news, corruption

Expat Focus Financial Update June 2021

EU warns against ‘chaperoning’ The EU is starting to clamp down on the practice known as chaperoning. Just as a young Victorian woman could avoid scandal when visiting a man by taking another woman along with her, so traders can

Expat Focus Brexit News Update June 2021

Now, in June, we are six months down the line from the end of the transition period, and as we have noted before, the longer-term ramifications of Brexit are taking time to emerge. Some progress has been made. For instance,

Expat Focus International News Update May 2021

Expats reluctant to rely on UAE financial advisers Insight Discovery, the Dubai-based consultants, say that their third annual reputation study shows that independent financial advisers in the region are one of the ‘least trusted’ professions. Over a thousand respondents said

Expat Focus Financial Update May 2021

Bank layoffs in Spain: could this affect you? Over the past decade, up to 2019, Spain has experienced the biggest number of bank layoffs in Europe, with a host of small banks having been bought and consolidated by bigger ones