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Dealing with scams

Clients should be extra vigilant if you receive any unexpected communications from third parties about their relationship with your Blacktower financial adviser or the company. If you do receive suspicious instructions, you are advised to check the legitimacy of these. If you believe you have been a victim of fraud, you should report it to the police as soon as possible. The sooner the fraud is reported, the greater the chance of containing or minimizing the damage.

Further advice can be found at –

UK – www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart

Gibraltar – https://www.fsc.gi/consumer-guides/fraud

Cyprus – https://www.fma.gv.at/en/the-cyprus-securities-and-exchange-commission-cysec-warns-scammers-are-impersonating-cysec-representatives/

USA – https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins

Cayman – https://www.cima.ky/know-your-money-dont-be-a-victim-of-fraud

This communication is for informational purposes only and is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice, investment recommendations or investment research. You should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the information contained in this communication is correct, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions.

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Good news only, please

Dave Diggle

As an IFA I have become very sensitive to market reactions and I have always had an interest in current affairs, but at this time even I am getting bogged down by this endless supply of bad news.

The recent drops in the stock markets are simply down to confidence and not of the same making of the crisis eight years ago.

I still struggle to see why a barrel of oil at $27 dollars compared to the $108 of eighteen months ago is anything other than good news. After all, there are more consumers of oil than producers. Motorists felt the positive effect immediately and users of oil in industry such as manufacturing plants or airlines should post better than expected quarterly profits, which may help dividend levels. In many cases this is yet to be rolled out.

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Expat Financial Advisers and Wealth Tax

Euro CoinThe structure of your wealth and your tax affairs should always depend on the particular laws and regulations of where you reside in the world as well as the nature of your long-term goals. The expat financial services market has evolved in order to help cater to these considerations and in some cases this includes helping ensure clients meet the demands of wealth tax.

The notion of wealth tax is an easy one to understand – a tax levied on personal capital above a certain threshold or thresholds – but it is by no means universally embraced as economic good sense, not least because it often may serve only to keep high net worth individuals from emigrating to a high wealth tax jurisdiction.

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