Secure a UK mortgage as a non-resident
Ever since the financial market crash of 2008, trying to secure a mortgage in the UK as a non-resident has become a lot more difficult than it used to be.
Ever since the financial market crash of 2008, trying to secure a mortgage in the UK as a non-resident has become a lot more difficult than it used to be.
If you have offshore assets – property or an investment portfolio – you may need an offshore will in addition to a South African will, for your local assets.
Six months ago we were tipped off about allegations of a massive global Belvedere ponzi scheme being run by two South Africans, Cobus Kellermann and David Cosgrove.
After authorities took over and froze Belvedere’s funds in Mauritius and Guernsey last month, yesterday its Cayman Islands operation suffered the same fate.
It is amazing to see how these SA born charlatans have made business more difficult – we are tarred by the dirty and rather creepy Belvedere brush.
Guernsey Financial Services Commission today blocked the Belvedere duo’s attempt to sever a tentacle, rejecting the “unilateral surrender of the licence”.
A dynamite affidavit from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission shows how the Belvedere kingpins committed the worst crime a money manager can commit.
The Belvedere duo’s lawyer appears to believe his clients’ innocence lies in our hands so is demanding Biznews publish a “prominent and full” retraction.
Da Silva says the FSB’s foreign counterparts asked for help in tracking “suspicious” investments of money flowing into SA from the alleged Ponzi scheme.
As the Belvedere Ponzi scandal widens, rumours abound about apparent kingpin Kellermann’s connections with SA companies that shovelled savings to Mauritius.