We recently received an email with the comments below from a TCN reader and ex-work colleague: I thought I give you my personal comment of the new TCN E-newsletter format. Perhaps it can be of some input. Personally I think the new TCN E-newsletter (web linked) is losing its appeal compared to the original TCN E-newsletter (PDF […]
Continue ReadingChad Creveling, CFA & Peggy Creveling, CFA One of the first financial questions foreigners planning to move to Thailand often have is how to transfer money in and out of the country. Luckily, the days of going down to Bangkok’s Chinatown with a suitcase of cash hoping to make a transaction are long over. Today, […]
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Student Uniforms The student uniform, once again, has become the center of attention when the Japanese media announced that Thai university uniforms, with its short-sleeve white blouse and short black skirt, as the world’s sexiest student uniform, based on an online survey. The news has caused people in the educational sphere to strike a note […]
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Hydropower might help the region but risks loss of biodiversity and a way of life The sleepy Lao village of Ban Hat exists today much as it has for decades. Village children dart amongst their families’ fishing boats, laughing as they splash one another with the muddy water of the Mekong River. Life is defined […]
Continue Readingby Mayo Martin SO THERE I was at a nightclub called Muang Swa. A live band was well into an all-Thai pop rock set. And the locals were, well, I had no idea what they were doing. It seemed to be a cross between some traditional folk dance and a barn dance. Welcome to Luang […]
Continue Readingby Mayo Martin SO THERE I was at a nightclub called Muang Swa. A live band was well into an all-Thai pop rock set. And the locals were, well, I had no idea what they were doing. It seemed to be a cross between some traditional folk dance and a barn dance. Welcome to Luang […]
Continue ReadingStarting a business can be rough no matter where you are. Every state government has its own regulations you must follow along with the federal ones. Then of course there is whatever local and municipal ones not superseded by either the state or federal government. Those are just the legal hurdles that have to be […]
Continue ReadingWritten by Chad Creveling, CFA & Peggy Creveling, CFA Monday, 18 October 2010 00:00 Whether you’re new to the world of international living or have been outside your home country for years, you’ve probably come up against an extra layer of complexity in managing your finances while abroad. As expats, we face a complicated […]
Continue ReadingWritten by Chad Creveling, CFA & Peggy Creveling, CFA Monday, 01 November 2010 22:58 An expat American living with her family in Hong Kong is diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer. Since her husband’s healthcare benefits only covered him, the couple had purchased a private family healthcare plan from a major U.K. insurer with total […]
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Telegraph Expat is campaigning for an end to the injustice suffered by ‘frozen’ expat pensioners. Here, our finance specialist Alison Steed writes an open letter to pensions minister Steve Webb. By Alison Steed Dear Mr Webb, On behalf of the 400,000 or so expat pensioners who have had their state pension payments frozen at the […]
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