The world seems to have entered an era of permanent upheaval. Pandemics, geopolitical conflicts, trade barriers, travel and supply chain disruptions, safety and security disturbances, volatility around energy prices and the availability of materials, have created unprecedented uncertainty.
The relative predictability that once underpinned planning for many high net worth individuals and internationally active businesses has been eroded. It’s now clear that strategy is no longer about optimising a smoothly functioning world but about navigating a highly uncertain one. This added complexity will favour those who plan rather than those who react.
Expatriates are often significantly more vulnerable to financial, economic and operational volatility than local residents, due to their reliance on cross-border income, visas, currency fluctuations and lack of a stable ‘home-base’ safety net.
