China’s Millennials: What Does the World’s Largest Investor Migrant Group Want? Part 1
China’s millennials are nothing like their parents. Now in their 30s and 40s, they are the main cohort of investor migrants. What do they want?
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Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About China’s Investment Migration Market
While demand is stronger than ever, the big agencies are closing branches and laying off staff. In 2020, all the rules have changed.
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Asset Allocation for Citizenship Portfolios: Maximize Yield, Hedge Against Black Swans
Now is the time for advisors to talk to clients about diversification of their residency and citizenship portfolios, writes Tatiana Tolstaia.
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Eric Major on Investment Migration After COVID: “Phone Rings The Most During Times of Turmoil”
Major also comments on the reasons he believes the Montenegro CIP has underperformed so far and, as of last week, had only issued ten passports.
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It’s Time CIPs Worked With Due Diligence Firms to Redesign Applicant Vetting Procedures
Thomas Anthony: Time has come for programs to collaborate with due diligence providers in redesigning their due diligence methodology from the ground up.
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Andrew Henderson on Investment Migration After COVID: “It’s Going to Be a Reset”
Watch: Andrew Henderson thinks CBI programs have little room to maneuver on price and warns citizenship-based taxation is on the European agenda.
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Exclusive Interview Series: Investment Migration After COVID-19 – What Next?
A brand new series of interviews with senior investment migration experts on what they think will change for the RCBI-market after the pandemic.
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“Migration by Investment” in the Era of Deglobalisation
“No amount of discounts or special offers will re-create the demand enjoyed over the past period until globalisation returns to the crease,” writes Mohammed Asaria.
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The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis Will Give Birth to New Investment Migration Programs
COVID-19 may well give rise to the mother of all economic crises. Fortunate, then, that economic crises are the father of investment migration programs.
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Investor Survey Results Herald Short-Term Drop, Medium-Term Boost in RCBI Demand After COVID-19
Even among those whose portfolios have taken a painful beating, willingness to consider RCBI programs has held up well.
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Google Trend-Analysis Points to Startup Visas As the Category Least Harmed by COVID-19
What can Google search trends tell us about how the pandemic is affecting demand for RCBI and which programs will win and lose after it’s over?
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Asaria: 6 Characteristics of Citizenship by Investment in the New World Order
“Discretionary spending has been removed from [price-sensitive CBI investors’] vocabulary. The industry will return to the domain of the privileged.”
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Coronavirus Will Radically Impact the Investment Migration Market
The viral epidemic is a black swan event that will materially reconfigure the investment migration industry. And not just within China.
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The Crisis in China’s Investment Migration Market: Part 3
China’s investment migration market is changing rapidly. In this third installment, Luc Lu discusses what happens when market barriers are removed.
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Slowing Demand and Potential Greek CIP Have Cyprus Developers On Edge
“We are barely able to sell one passport a month,” said the chairman of the Association of Property Valuers, Polis Kourousides last week.
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How to Reach Nearly 30,000 Investment Migration Agents and Clients on a Budget
If you’re a regular IMI reader, chances are you own or work in an investment migration advisory, a CBI-property developer,
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The 10 Most Lucrative Golden Visas Last Year, According to the Statistics
These ten programs brought in the most money to their respective countries last year. One program alone made up more than half the market.
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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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How Investment Migration Firms Can Capitalize on Clients’ Demand for Education
Every RCBI-professional knows that opportunities for education is among their clients’ top motivating factors, but very few capitalize on it, says Merriman.
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The 10 Most Popular Golden Visas in The World Last Year, According to Statistics
Momentous changes in fortune took place among golden visas last year; while one Asian investor visa saw approvals drop by 46%, a European one shot up 111%.
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