FRAUD NOTICE:

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has had many consequences, including some that have been both profound and unintended.

One legacy of FATCA – although positive factors such as tightened anti-money laundering regulations should also be taken into account – is the difficulty that many Americans abroad have faced in relation to their IRA accounts, with many being closed as the saver becomes US non-resident.

As a result, an increasing number of non-residents are finding themselves in an unenviable position when it comes to their retirement and IRA planning.

A new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) titled “Investing in (and for) Our Future”, has outlined concerns that many of the world’s retirement savers will outlive their savings by more than a decade.*

The WEF warns that overburdened state and private employee retirement plans are ill-equipped to deal with the pressures of ageing populations and new economic concerns, and says that retirees in six of the world’s major economies – Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands – risk outliving their retirement plans by, on average,8 to 20 years.

It also sought to highlight the plight of female retirement savers in particular, who, as well as living longer than their male counterparts, tend to draw on smaller pension pots.