Private Office Services | What does this mean when it comes to currency?
Whilst we invite correction, we consider 'Private Office' to mean activities and undertakings on behalf of an individual or family by a...
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The latest insights, views and industry developments from Prime Cap focusing on private client foreign exchange, corporate transaction services and international payment strategy.
Family Offices and foreign exchange.
We like working with Family Offices because, in a very different way to purely wealth management businesses, the level of autonomy MFOs...
Do law firms refer FX brokers? No!? Well, why the devil not?
A brief one today: We recently provided one of our clients with €64,000 more than her bank. Context: The client was introduced to us by...
Getting married overseas? How to: pay for it.
Our client is an executive at one of the worlds top accountancy firms. He and his fiance plan on marrying abroad. Since March of 2014...
Renting out your UK property and sending the income abroad.
A recent enquirer with Prime Cap was keen to understand how our services might improve the rate of exchange and refine ease of execution...
Winter Wonderland: How we work with overseas property agents.
Prime Cap is not in the business of advising on the where(s) and when(s) of buying a property abroad. Cliche abounds when it comes to the...
4 reasons why you should pay your mortgage through an FX broker.
Unsure why, other than surmising that people don’t really understand the breadth of work the deliverable FX sector is capable of...
Private Schooling | fees in a foreign currency? Is your process costing you more than it needs to?
Always looking for pertinent ways to illustrate the uses of a currency broker, we note that payments considered arbitrary or every-day...
Priceless: Ways to pay for your gems and jewels.
One of our distinguished private clients shared with us an interesting experience t'other day. He lives in UAE (Abu Dhabi to be precise)....
Topping up the overseas account? Make it as easy as possible.
A huge number of people use their bank to send an international payment. Whilst this is totally unsurprising, we'd like to give you some...
Currency & Property: Tips for foreign buyers.
Inspired by a post we noticed on the 'Expat Arrivals' service platform we thought it valuable to pen our thoughts on those aspects of...
D.I.V.O.R.C.E - Dealing with award payments & division of assets.
Like so many of our case studies and examples, at the simplest level payments that involve an exchange from one currency to another...
I am due to receive some money in a foreign currency, what should I do?
For an increasing number of private clients living in the UK, receiving money from abroad is not such an alien concept. Sure, they may...
I'm moving abroad with work. How can Prime Cap help with my salary negotiations?
Many employees dream of moving abroad and ploughing their furrow in new markets. Some are lucky enough to find that their aspirations...
The bank of Grandma and Grandpa - foreign currency deposits for first time buyers.
Whilst it is not necessarily a trend per se, we have noticed an increase in the flow of capital coming in to the UK from abroad for the...
Some thoughts on transmitting money from India.
We were recently asked to advise the client of a London based Independent Financial Adviser from who we regularly receive referrals. The...
Renting out your UK property and sending the income abroad.
A recent enquirer with Prime Cap was keen to understand how our services might improve the rate of exchange and the ease of execution for...
Pipped to the post: how quick turnaround wins us business.
A relatively short post, but powerful in our view. Our clients are a couple buying a house in the UK. Until our introduction to them they...
3 things to remember when sending a smaller payment.
The first thing we should say is that when it comes to someone's money, no amount is a small amount. Consumers hunt around to save and...
Property Search: What it means to work with a currency broker.
Applicable to both property search agencies and individuals, and companies retaining the services of such agents, we look at the various...