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Soho Properties set to become King Sturges' sole agent in Thailand According to property sources in the UK, there are an increasing number of Asian investors looking to purchase property in the UK. Due to the drop in property prices and the large increase in some Asian currencies against the pound, it makes them ... As World Leaders Call for a Crackdown on Tax Havens, Will Some of it End Up in Offshore Property At the G20 summit, Gordon Brown has tried to garner support from the world's leaders to expose and punish multinationals and individuals using offshore shelters, or tax havens, for tax avoidance and crime. According to the British press, this move is has provoked near fury amongst business leaders where some companies operate offshore. City of London sources have indicated that the move was more "headline grabbing" than a serious attempt to tackle the economic crisis, but some countries involve The benefits of Offshore Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) QROPS is a relatively new invention as far as British expats are concerned. UK pension holders were introduced a new retirement planning opportunities, called QROPS, on 6th April 2006. Prior to this date, pensioners moving overseas had the choice of either leaving their pension funds in the UK or to transfer them to their new country of residence. Before QROPS there were serious disadvantages for pensioners if the country in which they then resided had schemes that had less flexibility than the UK, or even had no pension system in place at all, such as in Thailand. The advantage of this legislation is that pensioners are now not required to transfer their QROPS to the country that have or intending to migrate to. This means that UK pensioners have far more options worldwide as the UK's Revenue and Customs permits UK pension rights to be transferred to a QROPS.