IIUSA’s most recent edition of the Regional Center Business Journal (“the RCBJ”) is now available on IIUSA.org and headed to the mailboxes of members, strategic partners as well as to Congressional offices and federal, state and local government stakeholders.
The 2015 Q4 issue of the RCBJ (review digital version here) takes a look back at the busy year that was for all stakeholders involved in putting Foreign Direct Investment to work creating American jobs through the EB-5 Regional Center Program. In 2015, the EB-5 Regional Center industry matured into a source of more than $1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) per quarter for the U.S. economy. And, since 2008, the Program has delivered over $13 billion in FDI to the U.S. economy with over $9 billion awaiting federal government approval today. The Program has finally come of age, becoming a potent economic development tool for diverse communities and industries across the country.
Featured Articles Include:
- Short Term EB-5 Extension Brings New Challenges and Opportunities in 2016 by Peter D. Joseph,IIUSA Executive Director
- 2015 EB-5 Market Exchange Recap by Allen Wolff, IIUSA Associate Director of Marketing & Communications
- EB-5 in the Media: A Look Back at 2015 by Molly Conoy, IIUSA Policy/Research Assistant
- What we Learn from SEC Investigation by Ronald R. Fieldstone, Attorney at Law, Arnstein & Lehr, Member of IIUSA Compliance Committee and Jay M. Rosen, Partner, Arnstein & Lehr LLP
- Six Data Points Show EB-5 Has Never Been Stronger by Lee Li, IIUSA Policy Analyst
- RIMS II Regional Multipliers Updated for First Time Since 2002 by Michael Kester, Economist, Impact Datasource
- Negative Assurance Letters in EB-5 Offerings by Douglas Hauer, Founder and Co-Chair EB-5 Financing Practice, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.; Laurence A. Schoen, Partner, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.; Adam Sisitsky, Partner, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- The Realities and Implications of Chinese EB-5 Investors’ Wait for Visa Numbers by Robert C. Divine, Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
- Regulatory Consideration Through the Investor Life Cycle by Gregory L. White, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Emerging Market Spotlight: South Africa by Michael Harris, Attorney, Stone, Grzegorek & Gonzalez LLP and Jennifer Lin, Associate Attorney, Stone, Grzegorek & Gonzalez LLP
- What Do Chinese Migration Agents Really Want? by Lili Wang, Managing Partner, New City Group, Chairman, IIUSA Investor Market Committee
- Emerging Market Spotlight: Venezuela by McKenzie Penton, IIUSA Marketing Development Assistant
