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The 10 Most Desirable Luxury Second-Home Locations, Per Global Citizen Solutions forbes.com/sites/alexleds… Photo: Getty Images

A luxury resort in the desert that feels like a reset button ✨ Who would you stay here with? Tag them below 👇 📸 IG/bruno.claeys #VisitDubai

A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned. @naval

Which city am I in?

Are you following this?👉 Turkey just created a regional headquarters regime designed to compete with Dubai. They're calling it the Qualified Service Centre. Here's what it actually does. A Turkish entity that manages a group operating across at least 3 countries, generating 80%+ of revenue from outside Turkey, now qualifies for a near-zero corporate tax rate on its foreign-source service income. The mechanics: Management fees from subsidiaries Intra-group consulting and advisory fees Royalties and IP licensing income Finance and treasury income from group entities 95% of that income is deducted from the Turkish corporate tax base. Effective rate: 1.25%. Inside the Istanbul Finance Centre: 0%. This is a direct play for regional HQs currently sitting in Dubai, Singapore, and Ireland. Turkey won't replace Dubai for everyone. The treaty network is smaller, the banking environment is more complex, and the regulatory infrastructure is less mature. These are real differences. But Turkey now offers something Dubai cannot: a passport alongside your corporate structure. And for groups that already have a European-facing business - or want one - a Turkish HQ makes commercial sense in a way it simply didn't before this law. The 3-country / 80% foreign revenue thresholds are not difficult to meet for most internationally active groups. The substance requirements are real - you need genuine operations, genuine staff, genuine decision-making in Turkey. But that's true everywhere post-BEPS.

DMCC is preparing to introduce Foundations within its free zone, marking the next phase in the expansion of its structuring platform. Currently in the final stages of regulatory review, the proposed Foundations framework will provide investors, entrepreneurs, family offices and private wealth holders with a flexible and internationally aligned structure designed to support succession planning, long-term asset holding, wealth preservation and governance arrangements. The move reinforces DMCC’s commitment to maintaining a progressive regulatory environment that responds to the evolving requirements of global family offices and investors. Read more: dmcc.tech/4ehyrxr

I come from the same country as the world's first trillionaire. Neat.

This is not the end of our story. 🇿🇦

Ask anyone about moving to Japan and you'll hear the same four cities: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, maybe Sapporo. That's not where the Japanese are actually going. I spent the last few weeks on this with my Japanese friends and their families. Property yields, foreign resident growth, Shinkansen times, visa realities, winter climate, the honest downsides nobody mentions. 27 cities made the research list. 7 made the cut. A few that surprised me: - A surf town 30 min from Fukuoka with rental yields near 5%, among Japan's highest - An onsen city with 120+ hot springs where you can buy a house outright for under $50K - A mountain town 70 min from Tokyo that locals treat as part of the city The pattern across all 7: the data shows these places taking off long before the hype does. Get in early, or pay up later. This is just a brief version. The full guide, more cities and a deep-dive on visa strategy, drops in the coming weeks. Full breakdown here👇

Peter’s eternal optimism is cool

SpaceX IPO today! Ready?

Four in Five Business Leaders Expect Permanent Disruption as AI, Finds DMCC Future of Trade Report: zawya.com/en/press-relea… via @Zawya

@DMCCAuthority Can you follow me bros? We're doing foundations in DMCC:)

🔥GET THIS! Turkey just made transit trading nearly tax-free. Here's what that actually means: A Turkish company buys goods from a supplier in China. Sells them to a buyer in Germany. The goods never touch Turkish soil. The Turkish company earns a margin. Under the new law, 95% of that margin is deducted from the corporate tax base. The maths: 25% corporate tax rate × 5% of income = 1.25% effective tax rate. If you're operating from the Istanbul Finance Centre, the deduction hits 100%. Effective tax rate: zero. This isn't a loophole. It's the law - passed 21 May 2026, in force 4 June 2026. For context, this puts Turkey in direct competition with Hong Kong, Singapore, and UAE free zones for cross-border trading structures. Without the offshore stigma. With a serious DTA network. And - uniquely - with a citizenship by investment programme sitting alongside it.

From Mediterranean islands to culture-rich capitals, these affordable European countries offer excellent lifestyles, bargain costs and super value for dollar-holders. Read more: forbes.com/sites/kathleen… Photo: Getty Images

@elonmusk Fantastic!

🇰🇪 Starlink helping schools in Kenya 🇰🇪

You can find good properties in the €250-500K range 1 hour from Rome, on the beach. If you go higher you can find solid villas. It's not Tuscany, but you can be in Rome almost all the time, while enjoying quiet and calm. Winter is not excessively cold, but assuming you travel, you can enjoy amazing summers here. This is what I meant when I posted about San Felice Circeo. I think coastal small towns about 1h from Rome are very underrated and could make some people very happy. Historically they have been considered somehow "less trendy" than other areas, but this is what Anzio that Tim is mentioning looks like. And by the way, Anzio has some of the best restaurants ever. Don't expect Monaco, but you get Rome proximity if that's what you are looking for.

Tomorrow, DMCC launches the Future of Trade 2026 - our sixth edition and tenth-anniversary report - at One Marylebone, London. Inside: findings from over 200 senior trade leaders and experts, gathered from 12 global roundtables across Dubai, London, New York, Singapore, Shanghai and beyond, and a decade of trend data on the forces reshaping international commerce. We will be joined by speakers and panellists from DMCC, Cisco, the WTO, and leading voices across trade, finance, technology and sustainability. 10 June 2026 | One Marylebone, London Register now: dmcc.tech/4uRW1b3 #FutureOfTrade #DMCC

Ron Baron says he thinks SpaceX will be worth $30 trillion, and he could be very low. $30 TRILLION!!