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QNUPS Explained: The Overseas Pension That Sits Outside UK Inheritance Tax
What a QNUPS is, how it differs from a QROPS, the inheritance tax position after the residence-based reform, and the mistakes that make HMRC treat one as a sham.
QROPS in 2026: Transferring a UK Pension Overseas Without Triggering the 25% Charge
What a QROPS actually is, when the 25% overseas transfer charge applies after the 2024 rule change, the reporting periods that keep biting, and who should not transfer at all.
Succession Planning Across Three Jurisdictions: Where Wills Actually Conflict
A will valid in one country can be overridden in another. Here's where forced heirship, situs rules, and conflicting wills actually collide."
The currency problem nobody prices: matching assets to the life you actually live
A portfolio measured in dollars while school fees, mortgages and retirement are denominated in three other currencies is carrying an unmanaged risk larger than most of its market exposure. This article sets out how we think about currency for internationally mobile families — and why hedging everything is the wrong answer.
UK pension transfers abroad: SIPP, ROPS and the questions nobody asks first
A director-led guide to moving or keeping a UK pension when you live abroad — the Overseas Transfer Charge, SIPP versus ROPS, currency, and the five tests we apply before recommending anything.
Why we take no commission — and what it costs you when your adviser does
Commission-based advice is still the norm for expat investors. Here is the arithmetic of the products it produces, and what fee-only advice looks like in practice.
Cross-border portfolio construction: domicile, currency and the two traps that catch most investors
US estate tax on offshore-held US shares, and PFIC treatment of non-US funds. Two rules that quietly reshape how an internationally mobile portfolio should be built.
Inheritance tax planning for international families after the residence-based reform
Domicile is gone; long-term residence decides UK inheritance tax. What the ten-year test means, how the ten-year tail works, and the planning that still holds up.
Education fee planning: the six-figure liability most families never model
Two children, international school then a UK or US university, is a seven-figure commitment in today money. How to fund it without disturbing the rest of the plan.
Drawdown across borders: sequencing withdrawals when you retire in a different country
Which pot to draw first, how treaties allocate taxing rights on pension income, and why the order of withdrawals is worth more than an extra 0.5% of return.
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