This article was first published in the Financial
Times.
The 2023 Salary & Recruiting Trends report by recruitment
specialist Hays found that a third of workers consider work-life
balance the most crucial consideration when looking for a job.
Given those statistics, it's no wonder that lifestyle
factors are rising up the agenda for companies looking to set up
shop in a new location.
Brenda Ainsworth, who has recently relocated from South Africa
to Guernsey to set up CI Global Fund Managers, explains the
motivations behind her company's choice of jurisdiction:
'We looked at various locations and to us, the quality of life
was just as important as the regulatory environment.
