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@everson As long as you maintain a UK bank account, you should be able to open an account at a site such as Degiro (the one I use) or Interactive Brokers. My account did get flagged a couple of years ago because I listed my country of residence as China, but after I explained my situation they...

@david_loves_boats It's just a way of investing, with your money spread out over a lot of assets (minimising risk) and minimal costs. The most common one is the S&P500. Pretty much everything I know about it I learned from a book called 'Millionaire Expat' by Andrew Hallam, you should check it out.

@david_loves_boats As I understand, even if you paid all of the voluntary contributions, you wouldn't get a penny of that pension until you are 68 (and the pension age is continually rising). I'm certainly no expert, but the state pension doesn't seem like great value. I'm investing in ETFs for...

@mimitalks I've been trying to figure out my options too. At present, I don't have any sort of pension scheme, just a bunch of money invested in ETFs in an online brokerage (I sent the money from China -> UK -> brokerage). I think it would be fine just using brokerages and purchasing an annuity...