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FGI and Fosun Asset Management co-hosted the China-Portugal Foresight Summit in Hong Kong, alongside the global launch of FUTURE Fund II. Filipe Santos Costa, former Chairman and CEO of AICEP, and representatives of Fosun Group and Fosun Asset Management attended and contributed to the dialogue.
Co-hosts: FGI Group Holdings · Fosun Asset Management · Read record →
Sónia Pereira, former Director of Portugal's immigration agency AIMA, returned to China for discussions with André Miranda of Pinto Ribeiro, representatives of Quadrantis Capital and Fosun Asset Management on Golden Visa policy, application processing and the regulated-fund route.
FGI and Fosun Asset Management co-hosted the launch of the FUTURE Fund in Macau. Representatives of Fosun Global Asset Management and Fosun Asset Management, Paulo Barbosa of Fidelidade Macau and Constantino Mousinho of Millennium BCP Macau attended.
Co-hosts: FGI · Fosun Asset Management · Read record →
First half of 2025 · Institutional Summits · Greater Bay Area
FGI × Cuatrecasas × Fidelidade × Peak Re: Greater Bay Area institutional summit series
A series of institutional summits across Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and neighbouring cities brought together Cuatrecasas, Fidelidade, Peak Re and FGI's regulated asset-management and real-estate platforms to discuss cross-border market developments.
Co-hosts: Cuatrecasas · Fidelidade · Peak Re · FGI Capital
2024-2026 · Policy Dialogue · Greater China
AIMA & AMA in Greater China: a policy dialogue series with former public-sector leaders
Organised by FGI, former leaders from AIMA and the Portuguese Administrative Modernisation Agency (AMA) were invited to policy dialogues with investor communities in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Borderless Territories: cultural-patronage launch and private investor briefings
A series of private briefings for the 2025-2026 Borderless Territories cultural-patronage programme. The programme received support from local municipal authorities and formal institutional support from GEPAC. Attendees included qualified Golden Visa investors, immigration counsel and family-office representatives.
Co-hosts: Municipal representatives · GEPAC · Cuatrecasas · FGI Patronage
FGI and Fosun Asset Management representatives visited ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon and St. Peter's International School, discussing education-resource networks for investor families and a Portugal summer programme.
The forum included a policy discussion and institutional visits. Guests included Duan Ting, Vice President of the Family Office team at InvestHK, and Wang Wenhui, Family Business Leader for Greater China at EY.
FGI briefed channel partners on the FVS Fund and the 2024 global economic outlook. The FVS Fund was among the Group's earlier Portugal fund products and was transferred to FGI Capital in 2025.
Policy and institutional guests recorded at FGI events
The following are selected guests who attended and contributed to FGI-hosted or co-hosted events. Attendance is a factual event record only; it does not constitute an endorsement of any product or service, and views expressed do not represent the position of any public authority.
Public Institution · Portugal
Filipe Santos Costa
Former Chairman and CEO of the Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency (AICEP). He delivered a keynote address at the China-Portugal Foresight Summit in May 2025.
Former Director of Portugal's immigration agency, AIMA. She was invited to China twice for three-city dialogues on Golden Visa processing practice and policy developments.
Former head of Portugal's Administrative Modernisation Agency (AMA), with prior responsibility for immigration-system digitalisation. In 2025 he shared perspectives on processing-system reform in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai.
Fosun Group and Fosun Asset Management representatives
Representatives of Fosun Global Asset Management and Fosun Asset Management attended FGI's China-Portugal summits in Macau and Hong Kong, contributing to the programme and related forums.
Qi Lixin, Chairman of the Beijing Immigration and Exit-Entry Service Association, and Chairman Xie of the Guangdong private exit-entry service industry association have led delegations to visit FGI's Portugal operations and attended FGI events.
FGI convenes institutional dialogues in Lisbon and Greater China for decision-makers, advisors and qualified investors. Participation is by directed invitation.
Portugal's Golden Visa after the 2023 reform: the practical requirements of the regulated-fund route.
A practitioner-led examination of Article 3(1)(c), the CMVM authorisation chain and the current operational position for fund-route applicants.
Real Estate · Investment Thesis
Why prime Lisbon can compound over time: a 14-year operator's structural view.
From Arroios urban renewal to the BRRRR framework, an examination of what vertically integrated execution can deliver for cross-border investors.
Cross-Border Capital · Outlook
Bringing European capital to Asian growth markets: the cross-border investment thesis.
An institutional perspective on a platform spanning Hong Kong, Portugal and Greater China.
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