Safe investing in offshore markets

What are the other centres in which UK retail investors can invest?Do they offer anything you cannot get elsewhere, and what are the pros and cons of investing in these places?

Most UK retail investors are familiar with offshore centres such as Dublin, Luxembourg, Jersey and Guernsey, but the success enjoyed by these countries has inspired many other small countries to enact regulation to encourage offshore investment. According to the CIA World Factbook, five of the ten most prosperous countries in terms of GDP per inhabitant are Offshore Financial Centres (OFC) and the top two are Luxembourg and Bermuda. The five countries displaying the highest life expectancy, which is considered to be another indicator of quality of life, are Andorra, Macau, San Marino, Sing...