What makes a compelling offshore platform?

Momentum Wealth International empowers South African clients to invest globally with confidence, offering an investment platform that is secure, flexible, and tailored to individual needs.

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In today’s interconnected world, offshore investing is no longer a luxury, it’s a strategic necessity. Momentum Wealth International empowers South African clients to invest globally with confidence, offering an investment platform that is secure, flexible, and tailored to individual needs.

Through the platform and its investment options, clients have access to a wide range of global funds, spanning multiple sectors, geographies, and currencies. Whether clients seek active management, exchange-traded funds, model portfolios, or international personal share portfolios, Momentum Wealth International provides the tools to build globally diversified strategies aligned with unique goals and risk profiles.

To simplify the selection of underlying investment components, Momentum Wealth International offers guided solutions from world-class investment managers and its investment partners, Curate Investments, Equilibrium, and Momentum Securities. These teams conduct rigorous due diligence and ongoing monitoring to ensure quality and performance across market cycles.

Whether clients seek active management, exchange-traded funds, model portfolios, or international personal share portfolios, Momentum Wealth International provides the tools to build globally diversified strategies aligned with unique goals and risk profiles.

Two distinct investment options are available to meet the offshore investing needs of a wide variety of South African clients. The flexibility of these solutions makes it easier for advisers to align product features with their clients’ personal goals and circumstances, tax profiles, and future plans, whether they are considering tax efficiency, succession planning, or long-term global exposure.

The Global Wealth Endowment is ideal for high-net-worth individuals focused on intergenerational wealth transfer and estate planning, whereas the Global Wealth Investment could suit clients who prefer managing their own tax affairs or live in tax-neutral jurisdictions, offering portability, control, and transparency.

Both these options include joint ownership with survivorship provisions. For the Global Wealth Investment, this is the default option, whereas for the Global Wealth Endowment, it is restricted to spouses and must be selected.

Additionally, the Global Wealth Endowment has comprehensive succession planning capabilities, such as the ability to appoint successor contract owners, alternate successor contract owners, and to nominate primary and alternate beneficiaries of proceeds. This means that if the primary nominee is unable to accept the inheritance, the alternate automatically takes their place.

These features help to reduce the complexity, time and cost normally associated with death claims and potentially avoid executor fees and other related costs and tax.

Robert Rhodes, managing director of Momentum Wealth International

Momentum Wealth International is based in Guernsey, a globally respected offshore financial centre known for tax neutrality, robust legal protection, political and economic stability, and no exchange controls for the free movement of capital, simplifying global transactions.

The secure online platform offers convenient access to investment information, consolidated multi-currency reporting, and advanced tools for advisers, including internal rate of return (IRR) and capital gains tax (CGT) calculators, bulk reporting and automated scheduling of regular client reports.

This digital-first approach ensures transparency, efficiency, and ease of administration.

Momentum Wealth International is more than a platform. It’s a partnership. Advisers benefit from on-the-ground support in South Africa, access to offshore specialists, and a network of legal, tax, and fiduciary experts. Whether navigating exchange control, emigration, or complex estate planning, it provides expert guidance every step of the way.

The pricing philosophy is built on fairness and clarity, with clean-priced investment funds and exchange-traded funds, and competitively priced model portfolios. The platform caters to a wide range of clients, from individuals and families to trusts and corporates, making global investing accessible and strategic.

Momentum Wealth International isn’t just about investing offshore; it’s about helping clients build and protect their financial dreams on their journey to success.

Each person’s investing journey to success is unique and personal. With us, you can shape that journey in the most singular way.

Speak to your Momentum Consultant to find out more or visit momentum.co.gg.

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This article is for general information only and does not constitute financial, legal, tax, accounting or investment advice under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002 (FAIS). It is not a solicitation to invest. The Global Wealth Endowment is a life insurance product, underwritten by Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited Guernsey Branch, a foreign branch of Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited, a licensed life insurer under the Insurance Act. The Global Wealth Investment is offered by Momentum Wealth International Limited. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future returns. While care is taken to ensure accuracy, no guarantees are made regarding completeness or reliability. No liability is accepted for any loss from reliance on this content. Terms apply. Consult your financial adviser, Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited, Guernsey Branch or Momentum Wealth International Limited. Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited, Guernsey Branch is licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2002 to carry on long-term insurance business. Momentum Wealth International Limited is registered in Guernsey (Reg. No. 30830) and licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission to conduct Investment Business and is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 13495) under FAIS in South Africa and part of Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited (FSP 6406, Reg. No. 1904/002186/06), an authorised financial services provider and registered credit provider. Momentum Wealth International Limited and Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited Guernsey Branch are part of Momentum Group Limited (Reg. No. 2000/031756/06). Curate Investments (Pty) Ltd is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 53549, Reg. No. 2023/747232/07). Momentum Securities (Pty) Limited is an authorised financial and credit provider (FSP 29547, Reg. No. 1974/000041/07, NCRCP 2518) and a member of the JSE Ltd. Equilibrium Investment Management (Pty) Ltd is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 32726, Reg. No. 2007/018275/07).