Should Chinese RCBI Investors Be Worried? Wailian Raid, Chinese Officials in Vanuatu Are Smoke Signals
Was the Wailian case really only about capital controls? Assuming so is to engage in “magical thinking,” writes David Lesperance.
Read moreWas the Wailian case really only about capital controls? Assuming so is to engage in “magical thinking,” writes David Lesperance.
Read moreScoundrels have many easier and cheaper ways than CBI to get into first-world countries, argues David Lesperance. So why all the “concern”?
Read moreThe UK may restrict visa-free access for countries where “Chinese spies” can buy citizenship. This may start a domino effect, says David Lesperance.
Read moreDavid Lesperance goes on the record with six falsifiable predictions for events he expects in the investment migration market this year.
Read moreThe new Chancellor of the Exchequer will keep the UK’s remittance-based tax system. His Labour successor will not, writes David Lesperance.
Read moreDavid Lesperance outlines the five carefully planned steps crypto investors must take to successfully upgrade to a better tax jurisdiction.
Read moreAbramovich recently picked up another citizenship by descent, this time in Portugal. Millions more should do the same, says David Lesperance.
Read moreGroups like ICIJ will keep leaking private financial data but, with the right structures, it needn’t be a problem, explains David Lesperance.
Read moreMorgan claimed David Lesperance was spreading misinformation and called for “validated facts”. Today, Lesperance delivers just that in spades.
Read moreWhile applying under current rules is possible until the end of the year, in practice, you have until the end of September, writes David Lesperance.
Read moreThe European Commission aims to make IM providers “Obliged Entities”. David Lesperance asks: Can the EC do that? And would it be a problem?
Read more130 countries agree to aim for a global minimum corporate tax of 15%, says the G7. Don’t hold your breath, writes David Lesperance.
Read moreUS consulates haven’t been taking renunciation appointments for over a year, ostensibly because of COVID. David Lesperance isn’t buying it.
Read moreMany Americans still harbor serious myths and misunderstandings about alternative residences and citizenships, writes David Lesperance.
Read moreDavid Lesperance is glad to see Chairman Warsal begin to tackle shortcomings in Vanuatu’s CIPs but points out that there’s more work to be done.
Read moreDavid Lesperance: Democrat Senators’ assertions notwithstanding, US citizens are renouncing citizenships at the mere prospect of wealth taxes.
Read moreThough poorly managed and structured, the CIP was a boon to the Cypriot economy. Michel de Martigny and David Lesperance offer a recipe for how to build back better.
Read moreIn this second installment of David Lesperance’s series on effective backup plans, the writer outlines three indispensable components.
Read moreHistory is replete with examples of wealthy families who lost everything for lack of a comprehensive backup plan, writes David Lesperance.
Read moreVanuatu’s deputy PM concedes the country’s CIP investors are still just honorary citizens and that he plans to give them a yellow passport.
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