“Cooperation, solidarity and innovation are the only answers. This is why global citizenship is so important, underpinned by a sense of common belonging, shared purpose and social justice.” – Mrs. Irina Bokova, Director-General, Unesco
Global Citizenship for Governments
Governments realize that high net worth individuals benefit every economy. They create jobs and open businesses, develop or utilize existing infrastructure, pay taxes and make social contributions that boost the local economy, and have their share in GDP growth. At the same time, future global citizens are a powerful source for the exchange of successful business practices, know-how, ideas for sustainable development and much more. Governments are seeking to attract high net worth individuals for all of the above reasons. This can be achieved by introducing or optimizing adequate legislative mechanisms that offer local incentives and benefits, such as residency or citizenship.
Globalization and the global migration of people, economy and capital have changed the perception of citizenship as a pure national identity to one of global identity. The world is increasingly becoming one global village.
Arton’s commitment
Arton has extensive experience in providing professional advice to governments that seek to better utilize the possibilities of attracting foreign direct investments by means of investment immigration programs. We provide comprehensive analyses on existing practices as well as research on current industry trends, thereby providing focused and tailored advice to each jurisdiction.
Since its founding in Canada, where Arton is an authorized financial intermediary for the Quebec Immigrant Investor program, Arton has significantly expanded its international reach by acting as an authorized marketing agent or professional advisor in the following jurisdictions:
Canada (Quebec)
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Montenegro
Hungary
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Dominica
Grenada
Saint Lucia
St. Kitts & Nevis
ArmeniaArton-affiliated companies are listed and publicly available on the respective government agency’s website.
Arton Investments is one of the 22 brokers and trust companies authorized to facilitate the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program of Canada. The company is regulated by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and is also a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).
Arton is currently advising other jurisdictions on the development of global citizenship programs custom-tailored to their economic and strategic goals.
Benefits of working with Arton
At Arton we develop policies and procedures to facilitate the institutional set up of new programs. We leverage our expertise and analysis of legal practices and procedural solutions relating to key issues, including the following:
- Advising governments on how to maximize the social and economic benefits through the utilization of global citizenship programs while maintaining the integrity of the national passport.
- Producing comprehensive industry reports and analyses that support the administering of legislative changes and the adoption of new legal practices in order to enhance or adopt mechanisms for the implementation of Global Citizen programs.
- In-depth analysis of the specific economic needs and the potential to meet these needs through a customized investment model.
- Providing a suite of customized methodologies and practical guides to be used in the process of structuring and implementing governmental policies in order to attract FDI by means of residence and citizenship programs.
- Implementing policies in line with know your client procedures, politically exposed persons, anti-money laundering, and countering the financing of terrorism.
- Securing the transparency of the investment process and advising on the implementation of a sound communication policy to popularize the benefits from the program once active.
Our long-term partnership with industry specialists focusing on investigative due diligence, risk management, AML, wealth management and tax advice, and our broad international network of Certified Partners enables us to offer turnkey solutions to every government.
“Since the inception of our citizenship by investment programme, Arton plays an important role not only in the promotion but also in enhancing the programme’s features and its competitiveness by regularly sharing with our government insights and recommendations with respect to acquiring and sustaining best industry practices. Arton has assumed an active and important role in attracting foreign direct investments to our country.” – Hon. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister, Antigua and Barbuda
