Blog: The Lesperance Letter
For HNW Chinese the need for a Back-Up Plan is profound: Don’t leave yourself and your family under two storm clouds of risk!
In the current political climate it has become essential for HNW Chinese to have an effective and thought through back up plan. Read on to discover the consequences of ignoring this need and effective steps you can take to protect yourself. Yesterday the global public...
Should I stay or should I go? A Four Step Decision Process on whether to Expatriate from the US
Since 1990, I have assisted literally hundreds of HNW Americans in deciding whether they should take the steps to legally and properly leave the US tax system by either renouncing their US citizenship or giving up their Resident Alien status. This is a complex...
Freedom is a Common Goal…but Seasteading is currently not a Viable Way of Achieving it.
Freedom is a Common Goal…but Seasteading is currently not a Viable Way of Achieving it. Throughout modern history, many people have dreamed of freeing themselves of what they perceive to be the shackles of their government. Excessive taxation, over-regulation of...
Case Study: Brazilian HNW Family Almost Replicates Friend’s Poorly Conceived Back-Up Plan
Case Study: Brazilian HNW Family Almost Replicates Friend's Poorly Conceived Back-Up Plan Like many wealthy Brazilian families, this client had multi-generational experience with changing political environments and their impact on the economy, including the...
Britain’s Wealthy are packing Parachutes and that spells trouble for the rest of the UK!
Britain’s Wealthy are packing Parachutes and that spells trouble for the rest of the UK! The Times recently ran a feature noting that a large number of the UK’s wealthiest individuals have fled for more favourable fiscal climates. It also noted that this trend has...
Seven Ways Golden Geese self-sabotage their own Back-Up Plans (Part 3)
Seven Ways Golden Geese self-sabotage their own Back-Up Plans (Part 3) In almost three decades of assisting Golden Geese (aka High Net Worth individuals) with their Back-Up Plans, I have often observed certain behaviours by the clients themselves that undermine their...
Seven Ways Golden Geese self-sabotage their own Back-Up Plans (Part 2)
Seven Ways Golden Geese self-sabotage their own Back-Up Plans (Part 2) In almost three decades of assisting Golden Geese (aka High Net Worth individuals) with their Back-Up Plans, I have often observed certain behaviours by the clients themselves that undermine their...
Seven Ways Golden Geese self-sabotage their own Back-Up Plans (Part 1)
Seven Ways Golden Geese self-sabotage their own Back-Up Plans (Part 1) In almost three decades of assisting Golden Geese (aka High Net Worth individuals) with their Back-Up Plans, I have often observed certain behaviours by the clients themselves that undermine their...
Now is the time for America’s top 1% to start preparing their Back-Up Plans?
It’s November 4th, 2020 and you are waking up to the results of the previous day’s US elections. From the vantage point of early 2019, the news could very well be a new Democratic POTUS and Democrats controlling both houses of Congress.
Should California threaten to Secede … or just Silicon Valley’s Golden Geese?
Pishevar said “It’s the most patriotic thing I can do. The country is [at] a serious crossroads.” His hope is that California, as the sixth-largest economy in the world in terms of GDP, might become a catalyst for a “national dialogue” as the country reaches a “tipping point. In short, he and others
EB-5: First of Four Steps to Certain Economic Devastation for Wealthy Chinese
Well, 2015 was another banner year for the US EB-5 Visa Program. The quota was filled in record time with approximately 90% of the applicants being wealthy Mainland Chinese, aka ‘Golden Geese’. In the last week, there have been high profile articles in the…
Another Record number of US expatriations…is this the beginning of an avalanche of Wealthy Americans leaving the US tax system?
Well the latest list of Americans who have renounced their US citizenship has been published and it is another record setter. So what does this really mean and should the average American be