Thailand, sometimes known as the "Land of Smiles," is a culturally vibrant country offering an array of investment opportunities. However, navigating the financial planning landscape as an American expat requires a detailed understanding of the opportunities and...
Moving abroad is a thrilling and life-changing experience. It presents opportunities for adventure, career advancement, and the chance to immerse yourself in a different culture. However, alongside the upsides, there are particular financial challenges for Americans...
Living abroad is an exciting and rewarding experience, but for American expats, financial planning is typically more challenging compared to living in the States. This is due to cross-border issues such as currency fluctuations and living with two sets of regulations,...
Last updated 2026 In June, and again in August 2021, US brokerage firm Wells Fargo sent letters to many of its clients living outside the USA saying that they need to move their accounts to another brokerage firm by the end of September 2021. The letter stated that...
Around nine million Americans live abroad, and thousands more join them every year. The most common reason why Americans move abroad is for a work placement, though others move abroad due to a sense of adventure or for romantic reasons. Moving abroad can have a...
US expats looking for financial advice are faced with a number of options. Financial advisors for expats who offer investment advice can be broadly divided into two groups though: those that comply with a Fiduciary Standard, and those that comply with a Suitability...
Since January 1st 2018, any person or firm advising an EU resident, including US expats living in EU countries, regarding certain investments has to comply with new EU-wide laws known as the PRIIPs regulation. What is a PRIIP? A PRIIP is a Packaged...
US expats living in the EU are subject to EU-wide laws as well as national laws in the country where they live. One recent EU law that came into force that affects US expat investors living in the EU is General Data Protection Regulation, more often known as GDPR....
Last updated 2026 Merrill Lynch has recently been sending letters to many of their US citizen clients living outside the USA saying that their accounts will be closed as of October 1, 2016. The letter typically states the following: We have conducted an extensive...
Last updated 2026 Over the last few years I have written a number of articles on why US brokerage firms are closing accounts for American citizens living outside the USA and how we help those affected address the situation. It seems the severity of this issue is...
Tom Zachystal is President and Chief Investment Officer at International Asset Management, which specializes in financial planning and investment advice for Americans moving or living abroad. Tom has an MBA in Global Management from Thunderbird University in Glendale, Arizona, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) credential, and is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP™) practitioner. Tom has been providing investment advisory services to overseas Americans for over 20 years.
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