Shoring up the case for offshore bonds

Offshore bonds have always played an ­important role in ­retirement planning. However, the recent reduction of the annual allowance you can put into a pension means that more people will look for alternative vehicles in which to invest surplus money. In this month’s Retirement Planner Inquiry, we asked advisers to give us their views on how the offshore bond market is ­developing and how clients are using these products to strengthen their ­retirement ­planning. As with previous Inquiries, we sent an email questionnaire to our readership and received responses from 113 advisers. ...