Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

New Amendments to the Rules for Capital Investment Entrant Scheme 

The amendments to the Scheme are as follows:

1. the threshold of investment (and Net assets/Net equity requirement) is raised from $6.5 million to $10 million and will be reviewed once every three years;



2. real estate is suspended temporarily as a class of Permissible investment asset (PIA) ; and



3. insurers authorized to carry on Class C business as specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule to the Insurance Companies Ordinance are allowed to act as financial intermediaries (FI).