Relocating To Guernsey With Jo Stoddart (Podcast)

The 2025 Private Investment Fund Rules introduced by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission represent a significant regulatory shift, expanding eligible investor categories while removing previous requirements for managers and auditors. This comprehensive guide examines the streamlined application process, investor qualification criteria, and structural flexibility that position Guernsey PIFs as a competitive quick-to-market fund option for sophisticated investors and family offices.

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised specialist financial services private equity fund AnaCap Financial Partners on the close of its third Guernsey flagship fund, AnaCap Financial Partners III, LP.

Guernsey advances its position as a leading international finance centre through the expansion of its Innovation Sandbox and the introduction of a Finance Sector Concierge service. These initiatives aim to streamline regulatory engagement for innovative businesses and provide a coordinated entry point for prospective investors and entrepreneurs exploring opportunities in Guernsey's finance sector.

As part of the ongoing growth in the Guernsey Sustainable Funds Framework and as part of a "Guernsey Sustainable Finance Week" in September 2022, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission...

Guernsey's investment funds market continues to evolve with significant regulatory enhancements, including updates to the GFSC's Innovation Sandbox and the launch of the Fund Foundry programme designed to support emerging fund managers. The jurisdiction is also positioning itself as a hub for defence technology funds while maintaining its commitment to regulatory excellence and market innovation.

While the Bailiwick of Guernsey has enjoyed more than 800 years of constitutional autonomy, Guernsey has a historic relationship with the UK as a territory of the Crown...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has published its 2025 Annual Report and Financial Statements, highlighting a year of regulatory delivery, policy reform and investment in technology...

Guernsey's position as a leading investment centre for alternative investment funds has been further strengthened with a new fund launch of one of the world's leading investors in private equity's secondary market.

Under Guernsey Financial Services Commission's (GFSC) revised Handbook on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing (the Handbook), which took effect on 31 March 2019.

The Token Issuance Trust offers a trust-based alternative to traditional corporate structures for Web3 protocols and DAOs, combining founder control with independent fiduciary oversight. This innovative framework enables protocols to hold assets, manage contracts, and support on-chain operations while preserving decentralisation principles. How can established trust law principles be adapted to meet the operational and governance requirements of decentralised token ecosystems?