Here at Q Wealth we strive to bring you the best offshore banking and asset protection options – and tell you important facts about them that you may not read elsewhere. Our advice is impartial as our business is selling subscriptions, not asset protection or offshore banking setups.

We have a small but highly select and dedicated team of experts beavering away behind the scenes seeking out important informatiomn on behalf of our freedom-loving members. And one of the benefits of being a full member is getting access to this exclusive material at no extra charge.

Today we would like to introduce you to a new Q Wealth expert, New Zealand trust consultant John Allcard. He has just finished, co-authored with Peter Macfarlane, a brand new report on another recommended offshore asset protection strategy: “Trusting in Trusts.”

Some offshore asset protection options stand head and shoulders above others. Peter Macfarlane’s exclusive report demystifying Panama Private Interest Foundations (sometimes incorrectly known as Panama Asset Protection trusts) was appreciated by many readers, and is available free to members for immediate download.

But many people have asked us about trusts – specifically things like asset protection trusts, living trusts, medicaid asset protection structures, investment protection trusts, etc.

Why would you want to use such a trust?

Below is a checklist John and Peter developed regarding what you can do with offshore wealth and asset preservation trusts. See if any of the following requirements apply to you…

• You want to protect your assets offshore, keeping them private and confidential
• You want to invest offshore for growth and wealth accumulation
• You want to achieve financial freedom and not be bound to the economic woes of any one government, country or currency
• You want to safeguard your business, assets and family against malicious or unwarranted lawsuits, seizures or criminal charges
• You want to legally pay as little tax as possible
• You want to place a legal defense barrier between you and the government – in other words, to gain the offshore advantage
• You want to protect your assets against the risk of divorce
• You want to leave a tax-free inheritance to your children’s children and beyond
• You want to support good causes – to choose where your money is put to good use, rather than letting the government make that choice for you.

Trusts are one of the most important asset protection tools used by elite or Super Rich families all over the world. Trillions of dollars’ worth of assets are likely held via trusts – but there are no statistics on them. Can you guess why?

Anyhow, if you are serious about protecting your hard earned wealth, you should read this exclusive free report on how to use offshore trusts, “Trusting Trusts” is our first new research report for 2010. But as a Q Wealth member, you can get an advance copy right now, within the next few minutes. You can download it in our Members’ Area.

The first part of this report explains in general terms what is an offshore trust, and most importantly how you can use a Trust to achieve the offshore asset protection and wealth protection benefits listed above, besides many others.

The second part of this report focuses specifically on New Zealand as a jurisdiction for offshore asset protection trusts. As you will discover, New Zealand is one of the premier jurisdictions today for setting up wealth preservation structures.

If you are thinking of setting up an offshore asset protection trust or any similar offshore asset preservation structure, whether in New Zealand, the Cook Islands or elsewhere… but are not yet sure if it’s right for you… then this report is essential reading. Your investment in time will be well worthwhile.

You will learn to get the most out of your trust, and at the same time it could save you from making potentially disastrous and costly mistakes.

For further information, simply sign up now or visit our new Offshore Asset Protection Trusts information page.

Thoughts for the weekend… by Mountain Vision

As governments are starting to find it more and more difficult to place their debt paper in the market, they have resorted to “monetizing their debt”. Debt monetization in the US has become almost an accepted normalcy. Now, China has proclaimed that it is considering similar measures, while the ECB so far appears to be largely dedicated to resisting the temptation.

Let us be very clear here: Monetizing debt is nothing to take lightly. To most people, the concept of monetizing debt is a sterile term that doesn’t mean much at all. Yet to others, it is possibly perceived as one of the standard tools central banks employ in the process of their job to manage money supply. If you too have that perception, I am unfortunately obliged to destroy your illusions.

Monetizing debt is far from being a normal procedure and it should be. It´s basically equal to a man asking you for a loan. But, since that man is jobless, highly indebted and close to bankruptcy, you decide you’d rather not give him any credit. The man will now have to look elsewhere. And, if there is no credit available to him, he will have to give up on his hope of buying the Porsche that he wanted (but didn’t really need). But if this man was your government, he would simply go into his garage, throw on the printing press and issue himself the credit he needs to buy the Porsche. He already has 10 of them. But heck, if you can print money like that, what is one more Porsche?!?!

Yes, governments are having difficulties to find creditors. It occurs when sovereign debt, i.e. government issued IOUs, are no longer seen as safe and worth the price tag they are being sold at. However, instead of reducing their spending or cutting down on costs, central banks have started to resort to printing yet more money (i.e. MORE DEBT) and then buying their own debt paper FOR THEMSELVES.

How does this affect you? WEALTH PRESERVATION AND ASSET PROTECTION SHOULD BE A THE TOP OF YOUR WISH LIST

“Apart from my love for gambling in Las Vegas and on the Dow, I am an extremely conservative investor and always interested in asset protection and wealth preservation solutions.” This statement by one of our clients portrays very well the two hearts beating inside most investors. Although most do not want to forego the opportunities of investing for growth, it is without a doubt necessary to protect at least part of one’s assets adequately.

A common asset protection solution for many investors in the past has been to set up so-called Asset Protection Trusts (APTs). Several offshore jurisdictions are actively promoting such trusts, which are supposed to protect the APT assets from the settlor´s creditors. The name says it all – this must be the ideal device to protect one’s assets.

However, while offshore trusts used to be attractive devices to achieve better protection from creditors while retaining access to the global investments arena, APT‘s are losing their shine rapidly. Increasingly, jurisdictions around the world are passing laws that create problems with regard to the privacy (a key element of asset protection), safety and flexibility of trust structures.

The laws in countries like Switzerland, Liechtenstein or Luxembourg offer a different method of protecting assets, namely through adequately designed life insurance and annuity contracts. The renowned SWISS ANNUITY, in all of its different formats affords affluent international investors a unique and time-tested wealth planning tool. Properly employed, it offers a wide variety of benefits that range from PRIVACY, TAX DEFERMENT, AND INVESTMENT FREEDOM TO VERY SOLID ASSET PROTECTION.

Further reading: This article appears with kind permission of Mountain Vision, the newsletter of BFI Capital Group in Switzerland. If you would like a free subscription simply go here and say you were sent by the Q Wealth Report. BFI Capital is a leading Swiss investment firm specializing in compliant annuity products for residents of high tax countries and for asset protection services. BFI Capital are also regular contributors to The Q Wealth Report.