We are authorized and regulated in the United States by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Dunhill Financial, LLC. ​ More information and links can be found at the bottom of this page.

No, while we specialize in advising US expats, our client list includes nationals from all over the world.

What does Dunhill Financial do? We deliver smart-designed portfolios expertly managed to put your money to work whilst naturally hedging the portfolios towards the geographic location where you intend to retire. By asking you a few questions, we can understand your aims, how much you want to invest and the level of risk that you are comfortable with. We then select a globally-diversified portfolio for you designed to grow alongside you over the long term whilst avoiding the risks of investing too much in a specific company, industry or country. Once you are happy with your portfolio, we continuously monitor your portfolio rebalancing if necessary. We do all of this for a competitive low fee meaning more of your wealth is invested expertly and professionally.

At Dunhill Financial, our ethos is to put clients and people first. We’ve made our firm as inclusive and transparent as possible for this. Some ways in which we differentiate ourselves include: 1. A decade of experience advising American expats across all levels of income 2. No minimum investment amount while most competitors have a $500,000 minimum 3. A flat fee for high net-worth individuals - allowing for easy budgeting and transparent fees 4. Straightforward natural hedging strategies such as natural currency hedging to avoid unnecessary risk for every client

Our headquarters are in Canary Wharf, London with further offices in Germany and the United States.

We'll need to know various pieces of information about you to properly advise in your situation. In all scenarios, this includes at least your country of residence, where you intend to retire, some financial information to make sure that things are appropriate and how you view risk. We will also need all of the KYC information that would be required under method rules and US regulatory rules.

Click "Get Started" at the top of our webpage, answer a few basic questions and one of our advisors will be in touch with you to see how we can best help in your situation.

We are a group of international financial planners offering fee-based planning and wealth management solutions to primarily (but not exclusively) English-speaking expatriates. Our aim is to create an environment of trust, discretion and confidence through offering personalized solutions. We cater towards clients all across the globe by offering a variety of products and services that are tailored towards the individual.

US banks will typically allocate your portfolio to 80-90% US securities while European banks will typically set your portfolio to 40-60% European securities. As an expat, this may not be the best solution for you as these allocations don’t take your long-term goals into account. A financial adviser such as ourselves works with you to determine these goals and help minimize long-term currency risk.

A fiduciary is a person or organization acting on behalf of another, with the person on whose behalf their acting’s best interests in mind.

Each of our model portfolios is built around a certain risk level, with investment percentages allocated accordingly. Working on a gradual scale, the portfolios vary from Conservative with a majority in bonds, roughly a quarter in stock, and the rest in other investments to our Aggressive Growth portfolio with a large majority in stocks, with the rest in other investments. The higher the risk level of a portfolio, the less bonds and the more stocks it contains.

As an American expat you should keep all of your investments with US financial institutions. Get in touch with us to see how we can help.

We start with an approach dubbed ‘Core + Satellite’ and then consider currency hedging.

As the market is constantly moving, the initial allocation that you have invested in can become out of skew, which can lead to increased risk. Portfolio rebalancing is a way to make sure your investments are in line with your initial goals and risk assessment.

Natural currency hedging is a portfolio management strategy that aims to mitigate the risk associated with currency exchange rates. To achieve this, we work with our clients to determine where they envisage using the funds accrued from investing. Once this is determined, the client’s portfolio is set up in the currency of the country where they wish to use the funds - thereby reducing the risk associated with currency fluctuations.

Dunhill Financial offers a wide range of investment options including ETFs, equities, bonds, etc. For our clients that are American citizens, we do not invest in Passive Foreign Income Companies (PFICs). We also check that they’re MiFID and HMRC compliant where appropriate. We make sure to focus on the currency which is most suitable for you. If you plan to use the money in the European Union, we will invest your funds in a Euro-centric portfolio. Likewise if you would like to use the money in the USA, we invest in a Dollar-centric portfolio and so on.

All of our EUR, GBP & USD portfolios are US-domiciled and are tax efficient from an IRS perspective. Only our GBP portfolios are screened for both IRS tax efficiencies and HMRC guidelines/requirements.

We balance the accounts once a year; however, should the situation require, we tactically rebalance your portfolio. The overall turnover of the portfolios are kept to a minimum under normal circumstances however as situations arise, such as the 2020 Pandemic, we may be more active in our approach in order to effectively manage and safeguard our clients' portfolios. We have our investment committee meetings on a weekly basis to assess all of our current portfolio offerings.

Diversification is a common way to manage risk by mixing a wide range of investments and industries in a portfolio - thereby avoiding a large loss if an investment’s value drops. This brings significant benefits to your long-term plan including: higher long-term returns, hedging against market volatility and overall lower portfolio risk.

A risk assessment is important for us to determine which level of risk you, as an investor, are comfortable with. Once a risk assessment is completed, you are assigned a risk rating out of 100. This rating helps us determine which portfolio you would be most comfortable with as well as your projected growth.

The dividends and interest are paid into your account automatically in the form of cash which you can then withdraw or decide to reinvest back into your portfolio.

While yields are not guaranteed, our portfolios have had steady growth over the years thanks to our investment approach dubbed Core + Satellite. The yield and dividends you are likely to receive will fluctuate with market forces.

That depends on the fund. Some pay quarterly and some annually. The majority pay out in December.

Depending on the account type, you may have to pay income when withdrawing money. The exception to this is with a Roth IRA, where you generally do not pay any tax on disbursements. We would advise consulting with a qualified, professional tax advisor and would be happy to recommend a few in our network.

There’s risk in everything we do. The main risk that we have is investment risk stemming from stocks going up and down. This up and down also includes currencies and bonds. We account for and deal with these types of risks to avoid some other longer term risks. For example, inflation risk would affect us if we were keeping all of our money in cash. All of our portfolios are also going to be naturally hedged into the currency of the country where you want to retire to minimize currency risk inside of your portfolios.

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are low-cost structures that allow us to remain diversified amongst hundreds of different securities in different marketplaces. With these low-cost structures, we can go ahead and have a diversified portfolio while only needing 10 to 15 securities inside of a portfolio.

We select which ETFs we use by using seven different parameters. One of the most important will be buying into low cost ETFs. But that is not the only parameter. For instance when we're going into developed markets, we would prefer to pay more to have a different basis - like a thematic structure - that we use with many of our First Trust portfolios. Like this we get a bigger proportion of companies that are growing faster rather than the biggest companies out there. We have also on occasion used more expensive funds that are socially responsible. This has actually been a boost to performance in shorter and longer term performance ranks because of oil prices going down.

Depending on the provider, you either need to sign a form to authorize the transfer or request it online.

All of our providers are set up to wire money or, in some circumstances, mail physical checks. If you have a current account you would like to transfer in, we can do this while keeping your securities and their cost basis.

We do not require a minimum investment, but we recommend setting up monthly contributions to get started and build up to what you feel comfortable with in order to achieve your financial goals. After all it's more important to get started and we can always adjust the contributions accordingly based upon your goals. We also employ a dollar-cost averaging approach.

Yes. We do not charge for additions or withdrawals from the account. Please note there may be bank charges and/or withdrawal fees charged directly by your receiving bank/custodian.

We charge a fee depending on the assets under management (AUM) and the type of service offered. Transaction charges depend on the platform your assets are held with. The various platforms we have partnerships with charge different fees. (TradePMR fees are inclusive) These will be clearly communicated to you before finalizing any agreement. We continuously strive to provide our clients with the most advantageous fees possible. The total expense ratios (TER) consists of Dunhill Financials fee plus platform fee and the fund management fees (to be found on the fund managers' websites).

Yes, it is possible to roll over your existing IRA into an IRA with one of our providers. The process to do this will depend on your current provider. When transferring IRAs we are able to simply transfer the stock held, thereby not incurring tax or fees.

Should you choose to invest more in an IRA than the yearly allowance, we recommend opening an Individual account to mitigate taxes on excess IRA contributions.

Anyone who is a US citizen and earns earned income (from active work and not passive income).

The allowance for 2021 is $6,000/year. If you are over 50, this limit changes to $7,000/year. This amount applies cumulatively to both Traditional and Roth IRAs.

An IRA is an Individual Retirement Account. IRAs are tax-advantaged, meaning that capital gains, dividends and interest are not taxed. This is contrary to a standard investment account where they are. Their purpose is to save funds for retirement. Every year, you are able to contribute a certain amount to your IRA that benefits from a different tax treatment. As IRAs are intended for retirement purposes, you are usually subject to a 10% penalty if you withdraw the money before age 59½. Depending on the IRA, certain limitations apply. For example, contributing to a Roth IRA is subject to income limitations.

There are six major differences between how a Roth IRA and a Traditional IRA operate:

Depending on the platform, opening an account once the forms are completed can take anywhere from a day or two to a week.

Almost anyone. While we have a few restrictions with countries that Americans are prohibited from doing business with, we will try to service anyone.

The first step would be to head over to "Get Started" After this you will be asked to provide further information, if needed, followed by a risk assessment and a link to sign up to your Personal Financial Dashboard. Once this is done, we can proceed to open your account with one of our partner providers. Upon signing the application, the account will be opened and all that remains is to transfer funds into the account.