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What Belt & Road Slowdown? China Tops Global Outbound Investment And Inbound Investment Rankings And Just Liberalized Hong Kong’s Financial Services Industry

June 23, 2022

By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Foreign direct investment and China’s outbound investment have hit record levels. Western media often takes aim at China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has to be one of the inaccurately reported of all China’s State Initiatives. Readers themselves will be familiar with discussions of ‘slowdowns’, ‘disruptions’, ‘debt

First-Class Tax Opportunities: Golden Visas And Passports

June 8, 2022

By Tax Notes Staff Elodie Lamer and Nana Ama Sarfo of Tax Notes discuss the tax implications of golden visas and passports, which allow affluent foreigners to receive residency or citizenship in exchange for a minimum level of investment. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. The idea of immigration often

How the updated Golden Visa regulations are spurring demand for Dubai’s real estate

June 8, 2022

By Nabila Rahal Ten-year-residency and similar initiatives, coupled with UAE’s coronavirus response, are the driving forces behind property market’s success, the ZāZEN Properties COO said Recent updates to the UAE’s Golden Visa regulations have a positive impact on many sectors, including Dubai’s real estate said, Madhav Dhar, Co-founder and COO, ZāZEN Properties.

Montenegro Promises EU to Terminate ‘Golden Passport’ Scheme

June 8, 2022

By Samir Kajosevic Prime Minister Abazovic on Thursday in Brussels vowed to end the economic citizenship program by December 31, following criticism of such programs by the European Commission. Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic on Thursday said during his first official visit to Brussels that the controversial economic citizenship program will

Denmark Wants to Change Its Permanent Residency Employment Criteria

June 8, 2022

Becoming a Danish permanent resident could become easier than before, as the New Danish Minister for Immigration and Integration, Kaare Dybvad Bek, has expressed his intentions to facilitate the procedure for workers. In an interview with Politiken newspaper, Minister Bek said that people engaged in paid internships should be considered

Turkey tightens foreign citizenship investment from June

June 8, 2022

ANKARA: A price hike for foreigners seeking citizenship through real estate investment is the latest attempt by the Turkish government to ease the country’s financial woes. The move is estimated to help Turkey overcome its current account deficit and change the profile of foreign investors. “Only up to June 3

Key Trends in Cayman and the BVI for Investment Funds, M&A, and Finance Transactions in 2022

April 11, 2022

With inflationary pressures coming to the fore in certain areas of the global economy and the continuing impact of Covid-19, there are many important and urgent issues to discuss. In our capacity as offshore legal advisers, we wanted to highlight some of the features from our Investment Funds/M&A and Finance

Key Features and Benefits of the BVI Incubator Fund

April 11, 2022

Features of the Incubator Fund The BVI’s Securities and Investment Business (Incubator and Approved Funds) Regulations, 2015 (the “Regulations”) introduced the “Incubator Fund” which provides a streamlined basis for start-up investment managers to establish a track record of managing funds with an open-ended strategy. The Incubator Fund regime under the

Recent China-Hong Kong Inbound and Outbound Investments into Asia

March 10, 2022

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

India focused offshore funds, ETFs log $435-mn outflow in Q3

March 10, 2022

This was way higher than the net outflows of USD 95 million registered during the quarter ended September 2021 India-focused offshore funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) witnessed a net outflow of USD 435 million in three months ended December 2021, making it the 15th consecutive quarter of withdrawal, according to