Why using a foreign holding or trading company?

• Reduce tax;
• Protect assets;
• Manage risk;
• Maintain privacy;
• Avoid bureaucracy.

Reasons and advantages

More broadly, the reasons for choosing certain countries for the establishment of holding-, trading- or other kind of companies include:

• Anonymity and confidentiality;
• Low or no taxation;
• Exchange control, free remittance of profits and capital;
• Secure banking systems;
• Banking privacy;
• Access to double tax treaties;
• Security of property rights;
• Access to foreign insurance and reinsurance;
• Customs and duty exemptions;
• Foreign investment inducements;
• Tested legal systems;
• Higher yields and returns;
• The availability of sophisticated banking facilities;
• Political stability.