Posted 4 March 2013

By K. JayShankar – Businessdayonline.com, 04 March 2013 The rise of multinational firms has created a global workforce called the expatriate global manager. Commonly defined as ‘a highly skilled worker with unique expertise who is sent to work in another unit of the same company located in a foreign country, generally on a temporary basis’, such [...]

Posted 31 January 2013

By www.devere-group.com – January 08, 2013 The sunny disposition is a stark contrast from the dreary English weather but this is not the only reason British retirees are choosing to move to Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand for their retirement. These South-east Asian countries have been working hard to lure expatriates, as a result, many programs [...]

Posted 16 January 2013

By Alexandra Sheehan, Expat Focus – January 14, 2013 The expat community in Singapore is a huge, dynamic group of individuals. You will have no problem whatsoever finding a group of non-locals to relate to and hang out with. However, because of its unique cultural makeup, Singapore has a very different social scene than what [...]

Posted 3 January 2013

By Kate Connolly, Guardian – December 26, 2012 Pensioners are being sent to care homes in eastern Europe and Asia in an austerity move dismissed as ‘inhumane deportation’. Growing numbers of elderly and sick Germans are being sent overseas for long-term care in retirement and rehabilitation centres because of rising costs and falling standards in Germany. The [...]

Posted 11 December 2012

By Jennifer Paterson - employeebenefits, December 05, 2012 When considering benefits packages for staff overseas, private medical insurance (PMI) was the most popular option, cited by nearly a third (32%) of respondents to research by international healthcare provider Expacare. Its research, Anatomy of an international business, found that share options (30%) and relocation allowance (24%) were [...]