What the EU Needs to Learn From Canada’s Targeted Investment Migration Model
The money-for-rights model of investment migration – while economically successful – is a hard sell, politically. Canada’s model offers a compromise.
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Industry Trends
Chinese Investors’ Association Says Chinese Will Spend €1 Billion on Greek Golden Visas in 2020
The Association of Chinese Investors in Greece says their countrymen will spend €800 million to €1 billion on Greek golden visas in 2020. Is that realistic?
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100+ Residence/Citizenship by Investment-Qualified Properties Listed on IMI Real Estate
Launched only last month, IMI Real Estate – our platform exclusively dedicated to RCBI-qualifying real estate – already has more than 100 properties listed.
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The 2020s Will Be a Pivotal Decade for India’s Investment Migration Market
Home to nearly half a million HNWIs with low mobility, India has more potential than, perhaps, any other investment migration market.
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Welcome to IMI Real Estate: List Your RCBI-Qualifying Property for Free Today
We are creating a platform that provides value to all parties in the industry – developers, agents, and investors.
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Malta RVP’s Financing Option Shows Why the RCBI Market is About to Get 10 Times Bigger
Investment financing has the potential to catapult investment migration from UHNWI luxury product status to the much greater mass affluent market.
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Complete Your Profile in the New RCBI Company Directory – Add Photos, Description
Nearly a thousand firms are now registered in the Residence & Citizenship by Investment Company Directory. Is yours?
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Turkey is Giving Grenada a Run For Its E2 Money, Three More Competitors Waiting in The Wings
Turkey surprised many by becoming the world’s most popular CIP. None more so than Grenadians, who are finding their cozy corner of the market contested.
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4 Potential Countries For Europe’s Next Citizenship by Investment Program
These four countries have the necessary economic, demographic, and political ingredients to open Europe’s next citizenship by investment program, writes Ahmad Abbas.
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Investor Migrants Becoming More Sophisticated, Favoring Fund Investment Over Real Estate
Portugal’s recent focus on private equity investment funds for Golden Visas reveal investor migrants are now sensitive to sound tax and exit strategies.
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City-Specific Citizenship by Investment: Practicable or Pipe-Dream?
Could we soon see the rise of CIPs that apply to cities, rather than to whole countries? One progressive European city provides a template.
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E2-Shortcut to the US: The New Must-Have for Citizenship by Investment Programs?
Why is the Turkey CIP the world’s most popular despite its lack of Schengen-access? Why are 98% of Grenada CIP-applicants Chinese? Answer: E2.
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IMC’s Investment Migration Certification Program Gaining Momentum
The IMC hopes the promulgation of best practices through its course will serve to reduce cases of malpractice and scandals in the future.
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As Hong Kong Impasse Intensifies, Investment Migration Firms Report Surge in Inquiries
As anti-Beijing protests enter their third month in Hong Kong, service providers say inquiries about investment migration are surging.
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Long Processing Times Among Golden Visas is an Unnecessary Curb on RCBI-Demand
A decade ago, the Canadian Immigrant Investor programs (CIIP) and the Hong Kong Capital Investment Scheme (HK CIS) dominated the
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Most Investment Migration Firms Have Fewer Than 10 Employees
An analysis of the more than 600 firms registered in the Residence and Citizenship by Investment Company Directory shows that some 60% of companies are tiny.
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The Crisis in China’s Investment Migration Market: Part 1
Deregulation took away the big companies’ competitive edge. To regain margins, many are turning to deceptive practices, writes Luc Lu.
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OECS: Caribbean CIPs to Get Uniform Legislation and Application Forms
Skerrit said OECS member states have agreed to implement policies that will further unify the region’s citizenship by investment programs.
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L’ecuyer: The Industry Is at an Inflexion Point and Inaction Will Cost Us
Addressing industry stakeholders yesterday, Bruno L’ecuyer stressed the need for coordinated action vis-a-vis European institutions, highlighted the IMC’s new education program, and urged politicians to avoid uninformed decision-making.
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Improving Applicant Approval Rates With a Standardized DD Framework
“Something as important as due diligence within our industry, should not be kept under wraps,” Agius tells IMI.
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