“The need to introduce Free Global Cities to harness the untapped potential of displaced people […] has never been more pressing”
“The policies of canceling the golden visa programs comes not only from the government but these decisions are also pushed by the EU”
“With younger investors and a dynamic geopolitical environment, new asset classes and markets are being unlocked”
“I’ve got freaked out Americans who are telling me, ‘I don’t want to live in a MAGA America, I think it’s going to be a sh*tshow”
Armand Arton on growing American interest: “We will definitely be very busy the next six months with the US market.”
“Every half hour there is a new email enquiry […] Trump is obviously the impetus, but it’s also societal.”
Volek said that for the first time, Americans are Henley & Partners’ largest client base by some distance, accounting for 20% of its business.
Greek Golden Visa has “impacted the local population, with apartments often being sold at inflated prices solely to meet visa requirements.”
“It doesn’t matter which party wins in November, that feeling [of unease] will be there. But if Trump wins, it will be a little bit higher.”
David Lesperance: “Every financial adviser right now is saying that you have to use it or lose it. Don’t wait until you die.”
While the number of centi-millionaires globally has expanded by 50% over the last decade, the same group has grown by only 26% in Europe.
Kerstin Buechner: “There’s less on the market than there ever was, and the demand is light years ahead of what we used to have.”
Kälin’s plan includes “autonomous cities within sovereign states, not primarily controlled by politics, but regulated by private companies.”
Murat Coskun points out that, increasingly, clients come from countries where people historically have never felt the need for a plan B.
Kristin Surak: “It is nothing more than an electoral measure and has such a small impact that it is of no interest beyond the votes.”
David Lesperance: “Wealth does not stay still anymore. It doesn’t have to. The golden geese have wings, and they will fly.”
David Lesperance: “Rachel Reeves is going to open up the non-dom cookie jar and realise there were fewer cookies than she thought.”
Anthony Liew on new MM2H regulations: “Only 30% to 40% of the current MM2H holders would buy property in Malaysia.”
Dominic Volek: “This mass movement is a clear indicator of the shifting dynamics in global wealth and power.”
David Lesperance: “I have had previously hesitating clients go into panic mode, [Sunak} pulled the pin on the election grenade.”