10 On The Weekend is a weekly (-ish) feature in IMI, the concept of which is simple: Each time, we ask the same ten questions of a different IMI Pro, letting readers get to know the interviewee on a more personal and informal level than they might during the ordinary course of business.
Our guest this week is Enis Sljivo, Managing Partner at Ancova Capital
How do you spend your weekends?
Weekends are my reset button. I’m not someone who can completely switch my brain off, but I do try to slow it down. Mornings are usually quiet.
Coffee, reading, thinking through longer-term ideas rather than day-to-day execution. Afternoons are for golf, time outdoors, or catching up with friends and family. That balance helps me come back on Monday with perspective.
The best decisions usually come when you give them a bit of space.
What are your top three business goals this year?
First, continuing to scale Ancova Associates as a truly global structuring platform. Not just adding jurisdictions, but refining how everything connects across tax, legal, investment, and migration so clients don’t have to stitch solutions together themselves.
Second, deepening our relationships with governments, regulators, and Special Economic Zones. Those relationships matter. They’re what allow us to structure properly, compliantly, and ahead of the curve rather than reacting after rules change.
Third, expanding our client base in Europe and the West. Entrepreneurs, family offices, fund managers, founders. Many of them are reassessing how and where they operate after the last few years. We want to be the firm they trust when the stakes are real.
What’s your biggest business concern right now?
Speed versus substance. The demand for international structuring has exploded, but doing this properly still takes experience, regulatory understanding, and judgment. My concern is always maintaining depth while scaling. Growth is easy. Responsible growth is not.
Which book is on your nightstand right now?
The Sovereign Individual. I come back to it every few years. Some parts feel almost uncomfortable in how accurate they’ve become.
It’s not about predictions anymore. It’s about understanding the structural shifts already happening and helping clients prepare for them in a rational, legal way.
How and when did you first get into the investment migration industry?
My entry into this space wasn’t accidental. I spent years working within a Special Economic Zone authority in the UAE, where I was deeply involved in company structuring, licensing, and regulatory frameworks.
I had visibility on Ancova from its earliest days, when it operated as a discreet single-family office in DIFC, managing substantial allocations across venture capital, private equity, and liquid markets. Over time, I watched it evolve with unusual discipline.
During the pandemic, Ancova doubled down on its internal quantitative capabilities, built robust liquid strategies, and transitioned into a fully regulated, CIMA-licensed investment management platform.
What stood out was not just growth, but how it happened. Ancova built one of the most efficient fund platforms in the market, housing multiple Bloomberg-listed funds and enabling external managers to launch regulated strategies in record time while maintaining institutional-grade compliance.
As investors began asking for access to the same structuring and planning typically reserved for family offices, Ancova Associates was created. I joined to lead that advisory arm, bringing my regulatory background into a group that already had deep investment, legal, and family office DNA.
What was your proudest moment as a service provider?
Watching clients move from uncertainty to clarity. Sometimes it’s a founder expanding internationally with confidence. Sometimes it’s a family finally having proper asset protection and succession planning in place.
On a broader level, seeing Ancova grow into a group trusted by institutions, UHNW families, and professional investors has been incredibly rewarding.
Which investment migration market development has surprised you the most in the last year?
How mainstream international structuring has become. What used to be niche is now viewed as prudent risk management.
Founders and businesses are no longer reacting late. They’re planning early.
If you could go ten years back in time, what business decision would you change?
I would have invested earlier in technology and systems. When demand accelerates, systems either support you or slow you down. We’ve corrected that, but hindsight is always clearer.
What investment migration industry personality do you most admire?
I respect people who take a long-term view. Those who focus on frameworks, governance, and sustainability rather than quick wins.
This industry doesn’t need more noise. It needs responsibility.
If all goes according to plan, what will you be doing five years from now?
Doing largely the same thing, but at a different scale. Advising governments, working closely with institutional partners, and supporting families and founders as they navigate an increasingly complex global landscape.
Hopefully, with a bit more time on the golf course.
