Brendan Harper looks at how offshore bond wrappers can meet the ever-complicated and tax-efficient needs of high net worth individuals
Offshore personal bonds, or wrapper bonds, have had a long and eventful history. They have overcome and succumbed to various attacks by revenue authorities over the years, and have lived through substantial consolidation and an increasing sophistication in the more mature financial services environments. Yet the basic structure has not changed much and they are still popular products among individuals with substantial amounts of capital to invest. The attractions of flexibility, administrative convenience and tax efficiency are as attractive today as they have always been. Structured a...
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