Hi there
I was browsing the Australian expat forum as I moved to Oz from the UK about a year and a half ago and noticed this Dubai forum. Thought I would say hello, I am actually having an apartment built in International City.
How's life in Dubai, has the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) taken much of a toll over there? I understand a fair bit of building has ceased, is this true or media hype?
How is the economy stacking up. Australia and certainly Adelaide where I live now have done relatively well. I am in Financial Services, I worked in the UK for Alliance & Leicester for a number of years and prior to the move Natwest as a Financial Planner for 4 years. It seems that I got out at the right time, Nov 07.
I have been a Financial Adviser here in Oz since Feb 08 and have recently started set up my own practice due to the workload. I have had great support from UK expats and Adelaide seems to be a popular choice at the moment for UK expats.
Australia is extremely geared up to creating wealth and it is vey common for people here to have investment properties and hold shares. The pension/superannuation system is much more sophisticated than the UK and it is compulsory for employers to pay 9% of employees salary in there superannuation fund. Great move.
How is it set up n Dubai?
I would be very interested to hear about these things, boring to most I know.
Anyway, bye for now.
Regards
Andy
I was browsing the Australian expat forum as I moved to Oz from the UK about a year and a half ago and noticed this Dubai forum. Thought I would say hello, I am actually having an apartment built in International City.
How's life in Dubai, has the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) taken much of a toll over there? I understand a fair bit of building has ceased, is this true or media hype?
How is the economy stacking up. Australia and certainly Adelaide where I live now have done relatively well. I am in Financial Services, I worked in the UK for Alliance & Leicester for a number of years and prior to the move Natwest as a Financial Planner for 4 years. It seems that I got out at the right time, Nov 07.
I have been a Financial Adviser here in Oz since Feb 08 and have recently started set up my own practice due to the workload. I have had great support from UK expats and Adelaide seems to be a popular choice at the moment for UK expats.
Australia is extremely geared up to creating wealth and it is vey common for people here to have investment properties and hold shares. The pension/superannuation system is much more sophisticated than the UK and it is compulsory for employers to pay 9% of employees salary in there superannuation fund. Great move.
How is it set up n Dubai?
I would be very interested to hear about these things, boring to most I know.
Anyway, bye for now.
Regards
Andy