Arton Capital is a global citizenship financial advisory services firm based in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 2006 by Armand Arton, the firm provides services for global citizenship, with a particular focus on investor programs.[1]

Arton Capital
IndustryConsultancy
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
FounderArmand Arton
HeadquartersMontreal, Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Armand Arton
(President & CEO)
Websitewww.artoncapital.com

The firm facilitates residence and citizenship programs.

Arton Capital brokers investment agreements, and runs several assessment tools, including The Passport Index, a real-time ranking of the world’s passports.[2][3]

Services

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Government advisory services

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Arton Capital has worked with governments of several countries.[4]

 
Armand Arton (centre) with Kofi A. Annan, 7th Secretary-general of the United Nations (left) and José Manuel Barroso, former prime minister of Portugal (right) at the 2015 Global Citizen Forum held in Monaco.

It also advises on risk management, including investigative due diligence, awareness of politically exposed persons, anti-money laundering measures, and countering the financing of terrorism.[5][4]

Investor advisory services

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The online real-time global rankings are based on the freedom of movement and visa-free travel offered by each passport. In addition to advisory services, Arton Capital also commissions research on wealth trends such as the Philanthropy Report.[6][7]

Online tools and services

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The Arton Index is a list of Global Citizenship Programs, ranked according to five factors, cost, speed, mobility, quality of life, and simplicity, weighting cost most highly and combining for a total score out of 100. The index is revised semi-annually in June and December.[8]


References

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  1. ^ Harrison, Virginia (2019-10-04). "Hong Kong's rich chase golden visas amid unrest". Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  2. ^ Swanson, Ana. "A ranking of the world's 'most powerful' passports". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  3. ^ Garfield, Leanna. "The 10 countries with the most powerful passports". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  4. ^ a b Elaine Dezenski, Emanuele Ottolenghi (2015-12-29). "A Better Way to Sell Citizenship". The National Interest. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  5. ^ Saadi, Dania (2012-10-31). "Island Havens for Investment Citizenship". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  6. ^ Harjani, Ansuya (2014-10-06). "How much do the ultra-rich give to charity?". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  7. ^ Jacob, Burak. "Is philanthropy driven by altruism, ego, or the human desire to cheat death?". Fast Company.
  8. ^ "Arton Index scores 2015 – graphic". The National. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
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