Henley & Partners
A global residence and citizenship planning firm that publishes the annual Henley Passport Index, whose rankings are cited by a number of major international media outlets.
Format: global strategic partnership
GROUP UPDATE · STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
FGI and Henley & Partners Form Global Strategic Partnership
In September 2025, FGI Group Holdings and Henley & Partners, a global residence and citizenship planning firm, formally formed a global strategic partnership. FUTURE II will be included in Henley & Partners’ Portugal recommended project portfolio and promoted across markets including North America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
Key Information
Recommended Project Portfolio and Global Promotion
FUTURE II will be included in Henley & Partners’ Portugal recommended project portfolio and promoted to its client network across markets including North America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
Announced: September 2025
REPRESENTATIVES
Representatives of Both Parties
The following representatives attended the partnership announcement. Attendance is a factual record and does not constitute endorsement of any product or service.
Luis Marques
Director of the Project Department of Henley & Partners Portugal.
Henley & Partners
Liang Jiankang (Joseph)
Chief Financial Officer of FGI Group Holdings and Director of FGI Capital.
FGI Group Holdings
Carolina Welsh
Executive Director of FGI Capital and Head of Fund Investments.
FGI Capital
PARTNERSHIP RECORD
Key Points
Global Strategic Partnership Formally Established
In September 2025, FGI Group Holdings and Henley & Partners (H&P), a global residence and citizenship planning firm, formally established a global strategic partnership. This cooperation is based on their shared assessment of professionalism, compliance and long-term value, and represents deep resource integration: FUTURE II in Portugal will be made available to global investors through H&P’s worldwide distribution network. Representatives attending the signing included Liang Jiankang (Joseph), Chief Financial Officer of FGI Group Holdings and Director of FGI Capital; Carolina Welsh, Executive Director of FGI Capital and Head of Fund Investments; and Luis Marques, Director of the Project Department of H&P Portugal.
Henley & Partners’ Position in the Sector
The Henley Passport Index published annually by H&P is a widely cited reference for global citizenship planning. Its research reports have been cited by major international financial media including The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, and are an important reference for high-net-worth individuals planning global mobility. In selecting partners, H&P is known for rigorous due diligence: its global partner network requires not only that projects themselves demonstrate compliance and feasibility, but also subjects the asset manager’s track record, risk-control systems and team background to stringent review. Recognition by H&P therefore represents an independent institutional review of the manager’s overall capabilities.
Verifiable Execution Capability
Trust in asset management must be grounded in measurable past performance. FUTURE I completed full-cycle operations from pre-investment through investment and post-investment management. Its execution record provided a verifiable basis for the partner’s assessment of the FGI team’s asset-management capability. The cooperation decision resulted from rigorous due diligence and value benchmarking, rather than from a single commercial consideration.
International and Local Perspectives
Cross-border investment requires managers to have both an international compliance perspective and local execution depth. According to public institutional information, members of the FGI Capital team collectively have more than 100 years of financial and asset-management experience. Core members come from international investment banks, Big Four accounting firms and multinational financial institutions, with cross-border investment and compliance-management capabilities. FGI has more than a decade of operating experience in the Portuguese market and a practical, in-depth understanding of local legal, tax and business conditions.
A Foundation of Compliance and Regulation
FGI Capital is a licensed fund-management company regulated by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) and has established compliance and risk-control systems covering the full investment process. This regulatory framework is institutionally aligned with H&P’s consistently rigorous selection standards and forms the compliance basis of this cooperation.
Recommended Project Portfolio and Global Market Promotion
Through this cooperation, H&P will include FUTURE II in its Portugal recommended project portfolio and promote it in markets including North America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. For investors, this collaboration adds an independent and rigorous institutional-review perspective to their decision-making process; for FGI, it connects local execution capability with a global distribution network. The partner’s assessment and recommendation of a project do not guarantee product performance. Fund investment involves risk, and product terms are governed by formal legal documentation.
About FGI Capital
FGI Capital is a licensed professional institution focused on cross-border investment and asset management and regulated by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM). According to public institutional information (2025), the team has historically managed more than EUR 3 billion and currently manages five products. It has many years of operating experience in private equity, real-estate funds and investment-immigration-related products, and is committed to providing asset-allocation solutions within a compliance framework.
This Page Is a Record of a Past Event
This page is a factual record of past events and is provided solely as general corporate information. It does not constitute an offer, solicitation, investment recommendation, legal or immigration advice, promise of an immigration-application outcome, guarantee of processing time or promise of return. Guest attendance does not constitute endorsement of any product or service; views expressed by guests at the event are solely their personal opinions and do not represent the official position of Portugal’s immigration authorities or any other government institution. Immigration policies, application requirements and processing arrangements may change and are subject to the latest information published by the competent Portuguese authorities and applicable laws and regulations. Fund investment involves risk; product terms and risk factors are governed by formal legal documentation. For information about FGI’s current business, please contact us through official channels.