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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Many Americans never thought of leaving the US. But 2020 has changed all that, and it’s a topic that is on the minds of a growing number of people, writes Rogelio Caceres of RCG Global. Since the end of World War II, the global ultra and high-net-worth (U/HNW) community has viewed the United States as […]
Trust and confidence matter more than ever in a world turned upside down by the pandemic. As the world struggles to find a way out of the current crisis, there is much that can be learned from what happened in the run-up to Covid-19 taking hold and in the subsequent reaction of governments businesses and […]
A legal battle is brewing in the EU as the European Commission has taken action against Cyprus and Malta over their citizenship-by-investment programmes. Elena Basheska sheds light on the Commission’s arguments and explains why it would be good if the cases end up at the European Court of Justice. In October 2020, the European Commission […]
Robert Kraft spent 40 years running companies before he started working in the EB-5 industry. Through his regional centre, he has raised investor money for projects as diverse as aircraft engines, student dorms, specialised business centres and hotels. He talked to the IM Yearbook about his EB-5 journey, the current situation in the US and […]
Global markets for membership entitlements are experiencing exceptional growth, with Citizenship by Investment (‘CBI’) as direct admissions absent meaningful (or any) naturalization requirements being the sole driver of entire countries and perhaps, to some extent, regions.¹ CBI market logic is extending into wider circles and areas, especially in times of the pandemic, with entirely new segments […]
Alex Muscat, Malta’s Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities, provides insights into the country’s decision to revamp its Individual Investor Programme and shares his thoughts on the European Commission’s decision to launch infringement procedures against the country. Malta’s CBI programme has been reworked. What changes should the industry be aware of? Malta’s Individual Investor Programme […]
