Diseconomies of Scale in the Investment Migration Market: Why IM Remains a “Boutique” Industry
Investment migration remains a small-firm industry because, in this market, scale offers few benefits and several disadvantages.
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The Crypto-HNWI Frontier Market: 144,000 Overnight Millionaires Need New Tax Residencies
The number of crypto-millionaires grew 10x in the last year. Most of them can’t realize their gains without triggering a taxable event.
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Investor Immigrants Are Dream Immigrants: The Case for Proactive Naturalization Policies
Sovereign countries are free to choose whom they naturalize. If you want the crème de la crème of immigrants, all you have to do is ask.
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The Chief Beneficiaries of EU CIPs Could Be The Countries That Don’t Have Them
As professional advisors everywhere fall over themselves to get face-time with UHNWIs, Malta, Cyprus, and the EU itself are playing catch-and-release.
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COVID-19 is the Final Nail in the Coffin of the Caribbean CIP-Harmonization Dream
Promises not to undercut each other are all well and good but, when things get rough, they are the first commitments to go out the window.
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The Virus Will Bring About What The European Commission Couldn’t: Genuine Links
Where paper-only immigration for increased visa-free travel was once the norm, the crisis will drive more HNWIs to invoke their Plan B and physically move.
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Court Impels Portugal’s Govt. to Share Detailed Golden Visa Data (Including Some That Don’t Exist)
Transparency International has won a court case that will compel Portuguese authorities to share more data on the golden visa program.
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Quality of Nationality Index Becomes Media Favorite – That’s Good News
No longer is the QNI a matchless oeuvre whose praises go unsung; it is swiftly assuming its rightful place as the pre-eminent ranking of nationalities.
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Politicians, Media Focus on CIP “Backdoor” to Europe; Front Door Barely Guarded
If you want the IM industry to take concerns about the backdoor at face value, come back when you have something more than a windscreen on the front door.
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The Problem With Offering Passports in Country X as a Perk For Home Buyers in Country Y
It’s not a security issue and it’s not a moral issue. But it certainly is a PR headache.
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Keep Your Friends Close and Your MEPs Closer
Opinion of the editor: “We, Members of the European Parliament, are writing to express our concern about the visa waiver
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Opinion: Citizenship by Investment’s Role in Finally Emancipating Former Colonies
Opinion of the editor Citizenship by investment has granted small, developing countries in the Caribbean and Pacific the means to
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