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Expats: How To Financially Prepare For Repatriation And A Return Home 07/11/2008
Whilst those who have yet to turn their plans into reality and realise their dream of escaping UK will no doubt find the concept of this article strange, there are still others out there who have already expatriated, who are already living abroad and who know that they will one day return home to the UK.Whether you're living abroad on a temporary assignment and the end of your contract is set and in sight, or you're disillusioned with your new life abroad and are currently putting the planning in place to allow you to return home, as an expat you need to know how to financially prepare for repatriation and a return home effectively.If you simply think you can get on a plane and arrive back in the UK and pick up where you left off, you may be sadly mistaken, because just in the last 12... more

Loan History Matters In Bulgaria 19/03/2008
Entry to the EuropeanUnion has reverberated across a number of sectors. However, it has hada limited impact on a phenomenon that has persisted throughout the pastfew years. Fast expansion in the loans market has seen Bulgaria’s loanexposure reach the levels of the rest of Europe, a recent report said.Yet it also said that Bulgarians have half the income other Europeansdo, which immediately casts doubt on the ability of Bulgarians to repaytheir loans. In addition, banks’ portfolios have become too dependenton loans, the average percentage in commercial banks’ assets being, atabout 70 per cent, past the tentative ceiling of 50 per cent. Thesituation prompted Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) to raise the share ofmandatory reserves commercial banks hold with the central bank fromeight to 12... more