Senior Content Editor

Christopher Nye

Christopher Nye has been writing about finance and currency for 15 years, following a career in the international hotel and cruise ship industries. He has been a copywriter for Barclays Bank and the NHS, freelance business and property writer, editor of the UK government’s Act on CO2 website and author of several travel and business books.

Understanding PMI, the global business poll that can hit your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Oct 24, 2024 | Currency Market Updates

What is a Purchasing Managers’ Index, or ‘PMI’, and why can it impact currency movements? We explain more about this type of data and why it’s such a useful indicator of how economies are performing. What is a PMI? Within our articles and currency notes, we often...

Managing currency payments for new-build property overseas

by Christopher Nye | Sep 23, 2024 | Regular Payments

How can you be sure of being able to make stage payments for a new-build property overseas, in another currency, when exchange rates keep changing? Understand how to take the stress out of buying new-build in another currency. When buying a property overseas more than...

Risk-on, risk-off and how it impacts your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Aug 16, 2024 | Currency Market Updates

War in Ukraine being taken back to the Russians, the potential for escalation in the Middle East… two obvious examples of global threats right now. Then there is the further risk of pandemics, the risk of an economic slowdown in the world’s biggest...

Additional costs overseas buyers should plan for

by Christopher Nye | Aug 2, 2024 | Buying Property Abroad

When purchasing property overseas, it’s crucial to account for additional costs that can significantly affect your budget. These expenses are often overlooked by buyers who focus solely on the listed property price. This oversight is a potential pitfall and has...

The 4% rule and how it can help plan your retirement

by Christopher Nye | Jun 16, 2024 | Living Abroad and Retirement

If you’re saving for your retirement overseas, how much do you need and how much can you afford to spend each year? Retiring abroad is the dream for many of us. What better way to make clear to everyone, not least yourself, that this is the start of a new life. A...