Ride the Wave, Week 1
It has been an eventful two weeks at THE EXPATRIATE. We launched on the 23rd of February, which happens to be the same day as the Hong Kong 21 Billion Budget Announcement and a week after the Singapore 80 Billion Budget announcement. Look out for some key headwinds and tailwinds from our Financial Advisers James Englebrecht and Cris Abellar on their thoughts.
We also can’t ignore the recent invasion of Russia into Ukraine. We will be watching and waiting for more information about how this incomprehensible move from Putin will affect the global economy. Watch this space.
Let’s look at Australia, our Mortgage Specialist, Adam Kingston, and the Editor of THE EXPATRIATE, Shona Stephenson attended the connective conference, Ride the Big Wave on the Sunshine Coast this week. They will be able to offer some amazing insights from the keynote speakers;
Core Logic Tim Lawless - Defining statistics 📈 📉 on where the biggest potential of growth is next. in Australia.
Peter Costello - Ex - Treasurer for Australia, who delivered a record 10 surplus budgets shared his views on the current Australian economy, surpluses, deficits, and asked the question, is there a correcting on the horizon? Plus his take on the global movements of the superpowers.
Luke Longley and interviewer Sam Lane.
The trailblazing Luke Longley flew across from WA to discuss why he came out of seclusion, how he felt about being left out of the Netflix Doco The Last Dance, what drove him to reach the top of his game. He shared his thoughts on Why was Michal Jordan so good. Luke was amazingly open about his own growth personal as an elite athlete under the guidelines of mentors and great coaches, now applying it to his own coaching career as the coach of the Australian Boomers.
Recapping Week 1 - THE EXPATRIATE
We caught up with James Englebrecht, Financial Adviser from Summit Financial, a Partner Practice of St James's Place Asia for his outlook for 2022.
2021 was a volatile year with a New Administration in the US, widespread Covid19 Vaccine rollout, rising inflation, and energy crisis S&P 500 reached record highs over 60 times Hong Kong and China remained weak.
Looking ahead main themes are likely to persist.
Inflation
Sustainable Investing
Cyber Security
Key Points From St James's Place Asia Investment Team.
5 Tax Tips for Expatriates Returning to Australia - Dean Crossingham Head of Accounting Stanford Brown.
We know you have plenty of things to do when planning for your return back to life in Australia. Not least is to organise your Australian tax affairs. Australia’s tax system is complicated and can be costly for the unaware. After all, you don’t want to have tax regrets just because you didn’t get around to proper planning before arriving back in Australia.
To help you focus on the most important tax planning opportunities, we’ve listed our top 5 tax tips for expatriates returning back to life in Australia.
This was one start to THE EXPATRIATE. Stay tuned for week two.
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Shona
Sam Lane, Luke Longley and Shona Stephenson.
