Donald King - International Advisory

Pan European holistic advice

With over 25 years of experience in financial services

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With 25 years experience in finance we have a great network throughout the industry to draw on.

With the onset of MIFID2 at the end of 2017 Donald decided to leave the trading floor and enter the world of financial advisory. We take an Active Macro approach to helping clients build investments.

We help EEA residents with UK work experience  get control of any UK assets and advise on how to move National insurance contributions as years worked into their relevant resident countries
 

CONSULTING

We offer advice on Pensions and UK national Insurance transfers for EEA members who have left the UK looking to gain control of their UK assets.

 

Wealth Management

There are thousands of funds available and we can help cut your way through the jungle to find the most appropriate solution for your profile.

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Strong relationships with Market leaders

We have strong relationships with leading market providers forming very strong partnerships to help look after your needs

 

Live updating portfolios

We personally write unique online live updating portfolios for all our clients. At a click you will be able to see 1/ Individual fund performances since purchase 2/ forward projections based on current performance 3/ Currency weightings 4/ Performance relative to major indices since investment

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Don King

Wealth Manager

Donald has been a multi asset trader throughout Europe and executed orders for many of the largest hedge funds in the world before joining Wealth Management in 2017. He follows the Austrian School of Economics and is deeply into macro chaotic trend analysis. He maintains an extensive global network of contacts in the financial world across a wide variety of asset classes.... Global Macro, G10, EM, New issues, Futures options and other derivatives.

William Gaines

Executive Assistant

Will joined Wealth Management after a stint in the RAF. He is responsible for the day to day client management .

Amy Bell

Marketing admin

Amy is a key point of contact and helps organise the diary if you need to arrange an appointment or call

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Will I get a massive tax bill if I move my pension into the EEA?

It is highly unlikely you will create a taxable event unless you

A/ Have breached the lifetime allowance for pensions (currently 1,055,000). There are some options to try and protect larger amounts see the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pension-schemes-protect-your-lifetime-allowance?dm_i=1W67,4FL8W,BT39VC,GBSLE,1


B/ Your pension was moved to an offshore structure to try and take advantage of tax benefits.  The Government has started to turn a beady eye on these and views them potentially as a tax avoidance scheme.  Each pension is different and worth checking. 

I worked in the UK for a few years but don't think I was in the company pension scheme what can I do?

From 2012 onward Employers in the UK were legally obliged to automatically enrol their employees into a company pension scheme.

Generally speaking the rule of thumb seems to be that if you worked there less than 2 years your employer will tend to refund the contributions to you less tax.

As ever each scheme is different and I highly recommend everyone checks. I am happy to do this for you.

Here is a link to a form you can easily fill in and send back to me at  Donald.king@donaldking-internationaladvisory.com


https://1drv.ms/b/s!Av5bB96aiX5mp08giX-UDR0CQruG?e=icytBs



How much will it cost?

We do not charge to find out what status your pensions are.  When we get a clearer picture and depending on your retirement plans there are several options you can pick.

A/ Leave it where it is

B/ Move it into a new pension structure in the UK where you have more control of your money and are able to lock in decent transfer values

C/ Move it into the EEA and get rid of UK regulation, have more control and avoid issues with lifetime allowance and inheritance on death.

If you want to discuss your situation we can go through this more in depth.

Why are you better than the others I have spoken to?

We have 25 years experience of financial services. Having lived through many of the banking crises on trading floors we understand protection is equally important as growth.

We view any client relationship as a partnership. Your views are equally important when deciding a long term investing strategy.

Can I get some references from your current clients to check on you??

We would readily welcome letting you ask any of our clients what their impressions are.  They can advise you of the level of service and passion for investing we bring to our relationship.

What about my UK State pension?

If you work for 35 years in the UK you will be entitled to £168.50 per week  (£8762 per year).

If you move and are working abroad it may make a lot more sense to move the years worked into your relevant tax resident country.

As it stands today the UK has a reciprocal relationship where countries will recognise the years worked in the UK as well as any years studied there.

If you were a higher rate tax payer you will have overpaid your National insurance contributions and will very likely have more years to transfer than you imagine.

Here is a link to the form you will need to find out from the UK HMRC where you stand. You can either do it online or send it back to me and I can help you discover your status.

https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-a-state-pension-statement


I will be honest for many people this can represent a great option rather than leaving it in the UK and taking the pension as annual payments

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