Despite the deepening pension crisis and the headwinds prevailing in the Eurozone, the majority of UK expats in South Africa and beyond, can be relatively positive in their outlook. Foreign residents ...

Pension income is paid free of UK taxes in the QROPS jurisdiction and you can decide where to invest your money and in what currency. As well, you can name beneficiaries to receive the residual value ...

Wherever there is abuse of a system or facility it is always the minority of irresponsible people who spoil the benefits for the majority. Qualified Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) are no ...

The sooner you start to plan for retirement with your pension, the easier it will be to ensure that this really is the holiday of a lifetime Credit: Photo: PA While some of the restrictions on British ...

Advisers thinking they can use the Qrops rules to move clients’ cash out of their UK pension pots may end up with a big fine if they do so in circumstances where their client is not emigrating. The ...

Identify what a Qrops is and the conditions that must be met by a Rops. Describe the transfer process from a UK registered pension scheme to a Qrops. List what five conditions are used to assess an ...

“Generally speaking Qrops are essentially an overseas scheme operating within UK rules. A scheme cannot offer as a rule benefits which are better than the UK would offer in the first five year of ...

Retiring abroad and relocating perman-ently to a foreign country continues to be a popular choice for Brits who are seeking a lifestyle that the UK does not offer. Advisers with clients who are consid ...

Confused by the new guidelines for Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS)? We ask financial advisers to break down the key points from the Budget and HMRC rules published this week New ...