Category: Articles

Good Governance In Investment Migration Will Fuel Economic And Sustainable Development In A Post-Pandemic World

Authors: Bruno L’ecuyer Source: ifcreview.com Over the past few years, investment migration – the industry intertwined with global wealth creation and people’s movement – has been defined by growth and expansion to reach an estimated value of €20 billion[i]. According to Investment Migration Council (IMC) research, 100 countries around the world now offer legal investment migration […]

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Worldwide: Citizenship for Sale

Authors: FRANCISCA FERNANDO and JONATHAN PAMPOLINA are counsels and ROBIN SYKES is a senior counsel in the IMF’s Legal Department Source: imf.org Programs that offer passports in return for investment have financial integrity risks that must be managed As countries closed their borders to slow the spread of COVID-19, a second passport became an ever-more-desirable […]

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How Diligent Is Your Due Diligence Provider?

Authors: Russell Scarcella, Vice President, Exiger & Karen Kelly, Director, Strategy & Development, Exiger A necessary component of any residency or citizenship by investment (RCBI) program is a comprehensive and multi-tiered due diligence regime. Industry experts agree that this should include engaging international due diligence specialists to perform enhanced background checks on each program applicant. […]

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IMC Education & Training Introduces New Format For Its Certification In Investment Migration

Author: Marie Lou Cutajar, IMC Education & Training Administrator  IMC Education and Training (IMCET) is the division within the Investment Migration Council specifically developed to design and implement online e-learning course materials, which lead to globally recognised qualifications within this vibrant IM sector. The first such course available and accessible to all globally has been […]

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Investment Migration Has The Potential To Advance The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Can you please give us a brief introduction to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and explain what they aim to achieve? The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, provide an international framework to create more sustainable and fair economies as well as resilient and prosperous societies by 2030. They are a […]

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Don’t Be The Last To Know: The Importance Of Monitoring

Residency- and citizenship-by-investment (RCBI) programmes have to meet the challenge of not only weeding out unsuitable applicants at the time of application, but also identifying those who could bring disrepute after they go through the application process and receive approval. Meeting this challenge involves employing a multi-pronged approach of enhanced due diligence along with real-time, […]

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Leading Back Into Growth

Prime Minister Browne, can you tell us why Antigua & Barbuda decided to establish a citizenship-by-investment programme (CIP)? In 2009, I promoted the introduction of a CIP while I was an opposition parliamentarian. After the global crisis of 2008, Antigua and Barbuda suffered economically. Unemployment increased; people were falling below the poverty line. I recommended […]

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Investing In a Global Britain

Immigration acts as a great catalyst for investment,” says Rupert Gather, Chairman of InvestUK, a firm specialised in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the UK economy. Over the past six years, more than 50% of investments facilitated by InvestUK have been motivated by the opportunity to obtain a UK visa. “We have helped around 300 […]

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