The Hong Kong SAR government announced that it will soon relaunch its residency-by-investment scheme. The government suspended the scheme in 2015 to focus on attracting talent instead of investments, but is now relaunching the program to help economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Successful applicants will be eligible to apply
The two cities have set up new fund structures to lure wealth away from traditional offshore financial centres In 2020, the pandemic halted travel and shut borders. But at the same time, two of Asia’s biggest financial hubs saw an opportunity to shift the global centre of gravity for hedge
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — Over the past five years, China remained committed to opening up wider to the world and expanded international economic and trade cooperation to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes, said a government work report. In response to changes in the external environment, China pursued a more proactive
Pearl Liu China’s top regulators unveiled more than two dozen measures to boost cross-border investment as they further opened up the Hengqin and Qianhai economic zones in the Greater Bay Area. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) along with the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory
By Arta Desku Authorities in Indonesia have unfolded plans to introduce the Golden Visa Program for foreigners, thus permitting them to acquire residency in this country provided they meet specific conditions and make a financial contribution to the country’s economic sector. Through the Golden Visa scheme, which is a version of
By LIU ZHIHUA and ZHONG NAN China’s foreign direct investment inflows are expected to hit a new record in 2023 and will probably rank first in the world, experts said on Wednesday. This is because the country’s FDI surge against headwinds last year has indicated foreign investors’ strong confidence in
U.S. and European investors’ holdings of assets controlled by Chinese companies but issued offshore are worth nearly three times as much as direct investments in companies registered in China. By Tom Hancock & Spe Chen U.S. and European investment into mainland China has largely been channeled through offshore vehicles set
Govt hopeful of rise in FDI inflows in coming months Synopsis FDI equity inflows fell nearly a quarter to $10.3 billion in the quarter to September 2022 from $13.6 billion a year earlier. In the first half of this financial year, FDI equity inflows shrank 14% to $26.91 billion from
Translated and adapted by Christian Nesheim, who is alone responsible for the below content. The original version is available on our WeChat channel. After an encouraging second quarter of 2022, the Chinese investment migration market – and the agencies catering to it – are rapidly “recovering” and, judging by present
Chinese outbound investments into Asia (including Australia) totaled 101 or roughly 40% of Q4 total volume of outbound investments and 48% of total Q4 global outbound. This percentage of volume has remained flat over the past few quarters, although China’s Asian outbound investments as a percentage of its global aggregate
