The Citizenship Investment Programme (CIP) Due Diligence Index

The CIP Due Diligence Index

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Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates is an international law firm which serves businesses and private clients worldwide. With offices in Malta, Cyprus, London, Zurich and Hong Kong, the firm provides seamless advice to foreign investors and business operators on business and private legal needs at home and abroad. Through its multidisciplinary approach, clients benefit from an end-to-end service, providing Corporate & Tax, Financial Services & Fintech, Yachts & Jets, Residency & Citizenship and Property expertise under one roof.

MALTA
120 Chetcuti Cauchi
Lower St Ursula Street
Valletta VLT1236 Malta +356 2205 6200

HONG KONG
66/F, The center 99,
Queens Road Central,
Hong Kong
+852 3965 3015

CYPRUS
21 Vasili Michailidi
Street, 3026, Limassol
Cyprus
+357 2505 4760

ZURICH
Seehofstrasse 4
Zurich, CH-8008
Switzerland
+41 445 087 172

LONDON
259 Template Chambers
3-7 Template Avenue
London EC4Y 0HP UK
+44 7583 9433

All Chetcuti Cauchi firms operate separately and independently under the Chetcuti Cauchi mark.

Findings

The Index

In the light of increased scrutiny of the investment migration industry, Chetcuti Cauchi has carried out a detailed assessment of due diligence procedures adhered to across the industry, specifically those pertaining to Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs).

Chetcuti Cauchi’s CIP Due Diligence Index (CIP DD Index) assesses the current due diligence procedures carried out by citizenship units and agencies. In addition to this, we propose an industry-wide due diligence framework based on the in-depth study and consequent results of the Index.

Methodology

The CIP DD Index is built on Chetcuti Cauchi’s 5 Pillars of CIP Due Diligence: Identification, Financial Due Diligence, Clearances, Enhanced Due Diligence, and Reputation. 38 different criteria are dispersed across these 5 Pillars.

A programme is granted points depending on how many criteria it satisfies in each pillar. The data is then normalised to produce the scores for each of the five pillars. In doing so, the pillars are not allocated weights based on the varying number of corresponding criteria, thus eliminating any bias towards a specific pillar. The final score is produced based on the average performance in the 5 Pillars. Each Citizenship by Investment Programme was then ranked according to the overall scores, to produce the CIP DD Index.

For a detailed breakdown of the results:

In the light of increased scrutiny of the investment migration industry, Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates carried out a detailed assessment of due diligence procedures adhered to across the industry, specifically those pertaining to Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs).

The CIP Due Diligence Index which assesses the current due diligence procedures carried out by citizenship units and agencies, and secondly introduces a proposed industry-wide due diligence framework based on the in-depth study and consequent results of the Index.

In the light of increased scrutiny of the investment migration industry, Chetcuti Cauchi has carried out a detailed assessment of due diligence procedures adhered to across the industry, specifically those pertaining to Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs).

Chetcuti Cauchi’s CIP Due Diligence Index (CIP DD Index) assesses the current due diligence procedures carried out by citizenship units and agencies. In addition to this, we propose an industry-wide due diligence framework based on the in-depth study and consequent results of the Index.

Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates is an international law firm which serves businesses and private clients worldwide. With offices in Malta, Cyprus, London, Zurich and Hong Kong, the firm provides seamless advice to foreign investors and business operators on business and private legal needs at home and abroad. Through its multidisciplinary approach, clients benefit from an end-to-end service, providing Corporate & Tax, Financial Services & Fintech, Yachts & Jets, Residency & Citizenship and Property expertise under one roof.