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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 has increased, meaning more money has been allocated to Asia than elsewhere. In Q4, China outbound investment into Asia was US$6 billion or 48.0% of the global outbound total while announced Asia inbound was US$10.1 billion, the highest since 2017. To recap as to why inbound surpassed outbound, President Xi...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT NEWS 2022

Expanded reviews and more resources: The view from 2021   Foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews have become an increasingly critical issue in cross-border M&A transactions. Although many countries continue to encourage inbound investment, Taiwanese businesses and investors should carefully consider and prepare for FDI regulatory scrutiny early in their deal processes.   We are seeing views converging across the United States, Europe, and other countries in agreement that so-called "sensitive" sectors need protection from what is described in the US as "adversarial capital." This trend is displayed through both lower thresholds that trigger FDI reviews and an expanded understanding of...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT NEWS 2021

The European Commission has taken further steps in its infringement procedure against Malta’s ‘golden passports’ scheme, warning the country that Malta is failing to fulfil its obligations towards the EU treaties with its citizenship programme.   Last year, Malta phased out the controversial IIP scheme and replaced it with a new scheme that the government says focuses more on residency and can lead to citizenship.   But the European Commission had launched infringement proceedings and asked Malta to provide a detailed explanation.   The government had replied to the EC last year, telling it that Malta would not cede on...

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  Find out how Asia Outbound can introduce you to new intermediaries for your project or services.       While the news on the EB-5 investor visa appears promising, Congress has still failed to reauthorize the EB-5 regional center program beyond its June 30, 2021, sunset date.   Reduced Minimum Investment Amount   A federal district judge has struck down the 2019 EB-5 “modernization” regulation, finding the rule was invalid because it was enacted by DHS officials who were appointed to their posts in violation of the 1998 Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA). Behring Co., the operator of Behring Regional Centers, brought suit...

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Find out how Asia Outbound can introduce you to new intermediaries for your project or services.       By Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj   Research by Astons, the international experts on real estate, residency, and citizenship through investment, has revealed the international makeup of the super-wealthy heading to the UK during the pandemic via the UK Tier 1 Investor visa.   The analysis shows that the number of main applicants for the program was down -20% in Q1 of 2021 when compared to their pre-pandemic level in Q4, 2019. With the number of dependents related to these main applicants also falling by...

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Find out how Asia Outbound can introduce you to new intermediaries for your project or services.         Oman will begin issuing long-term residency to foreign investors, the government said Wednesday as authorities attempt to shore up the Gulf nation's flagging economy.   Depressed demand for oil and the coronavirus pandemic has hit the sultanate's finances hard, pushing leaders to seek alternative sources of hard currency.   Foreign investors and retirees will be granted the right to long stays in the country under the scheme starting in September, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion said in a statement....

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  Find out how Asia Outbound can introduce you to new intermediaries for your project or services.       Vedanta Baruah is the CEO of Berns Brett Masaood Insurance LLC, an insurance broking firm that has offices in the UK, the EU, and India. He was granted a special visa in the investor category by the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE.   Vedanta Baruah, an NRI entrepreneur who hails from Assam's Dibrugarh district, has been awarded the UAE's 10-year Golden Visa, which is mostly reserved for prominent global personalities. Baruah is the first Assamese to receive the UAE's Golden...

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