What is clear from the various contributions to this months Offshore feature, is that it is not as straight forward as simply deciding what the general offshore average is and whether you are looking at long- or short term investing. Advice is not only essential to this process, but advisors should also be consulting technical experts when it comes to factors like regulatory requirements and pitfalls in the various jurisdictions. It can be a minefield, where clients lose, rather than benefit, from their diversification efforts.