From Attracting Wealth to Attracting Capital: The Next Competition Between Jurisdictions
For years, governments have competed to attract wealthy individuals.
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Monaco vs. the French Riviera: Where Should You Put the Next €10 Million?
For investors with substantial capital, the question is rarely whether Monaco or the French Riviera is attractive. Both are. The more interesting q...
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Beyond the €1.3 Million Line: How French Wealth Tax Shapes Real Estate Investment Around Monaco
The French impôt sur la fortune immobilière (IFI) is often presented as a tax issue for wealthy individuals buying expensive homes in France.
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Why Family Offices Are Moving Toward Alternative Assets
The traditional investment portfolio was built around public markets: shares, bonds, cash and perhaps some property. For decades, this was the stan...
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The Return of Private Equity to Wealth Management
For decades, private equity was largely an institutional investment. Pension funds invested in it. University endowments invested in it. Sovereign ...
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The European Investor Has More Choices Than Ever
There was a time when the European investor had a relatively simple choice. London was the financial centre. Switzerland was the traditional wealth...
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Cyprus: From Investment Migration to Wealth Management
For much of the last decade, Cyprus was discussed internationally through the lens of investment migration.
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France's Wealth Tax and the Monaco Investor
There is a particular irony in the relationship between France and Monaco. The two jurisdictions are separated by little more than a few kilometres...
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Monaco: The Last Great Wealth Haven?
There are very few places in Europe that can genuinely be described as wealth jurisdictions. There are many countries with wealthy people. There ar...
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The New Geography of European Wealth
For much of the modern era, the geography of European wealth was remarkably predictable. It was London, Paris, Zurich, Geneva and Monaco. These wer...
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The End of the Golden Visa Era?
For more than a decade, the European Golden Visa was one of the most successful products in international investment migration. The proposition was...
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Tax Residence Is Becoming an Investment Decision
For most people, tax residence is something that happens to them. They live in a country. They work there. They pay tax there. For internationally ...
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