Arton Capital
{{Infobox company
| name = Arton Capital
| industry = Consultancy
| founded = {{Start date and age|2006}}
| founder = Armand Arton
| hq_location = Montreal, Canada
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Armand Arton
{{small|(President & CEO)}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.artoncapital.com/}}
}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49902241|title=Hong Kong's rich chase golden visas amid unrest|last=Harrison|first=Virginia|date=2019-10-04|access-date=2019-10-31|language=en-GB}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/15/a-ranking-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-passports/|title=A ranking of the world’s ‘most powerful’ passports|last=Swanson|first=Ana|date=|website=Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121141808/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/15/a-ranking-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-passports/ |archive-date=2016-01-21 |access-date=2019-11-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-the-most-powerful-passports-for-traveling-2016-2|title=The 10 countries with the most powerful passports|last=Garfield|first=Leanna|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-11-29}}
Services
= Government advisory services =
Arton Capital has worked with governments of several countries.{{Cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/feature/better-way-sell-citizenship-14750|title=A Better Way to Sell Citizenship|last=Elaine Dezenski|first=Emanuele Ottolenghi|date=2015-12-29|website=The National Interest|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}File:Armand Arton (centre) with Kofi A. Annon (left) and Jose Manuel Barroso (right).jpg, 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/world/middleeast/island-havens-for-investment-citizenship.html|title=Island Havens for Investment Citizenship|last=Saadi|first=Dania|date=2012-10-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-31|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
= Investor advisory services =
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/05/how-much-do-the-ultra-rich-give-to-charity.html|title=How much do the ultra-rich give to charity?|last=Harjani|first=Ansuya|date=2014-10-06|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}{{cite news |last1=Jacob |first1=Burak |title=Is philanthropy driven by altruism, ego, or the human desire to cheat death? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90313641/is-philanthropy-driven-by-altruism-ego-or-the-human-desire-to-cheat-death |agency=Fast Company}}
= Online tools and services =
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/business/arton-index-scores-2015-graphic-1.85137|title=Arton Index scores 2015 – graphic|website=The National|language=en|access-date=2019-11-26}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.artoncapital.com/ Company website]
- [https://www.armandarton.com/ Armand Arton]