In a contribution to HFM's Guernsey 2019 Special
Report, Walkers Partner Kate Storey
explains why Guernsey is perfectly positioned to support the rise
of private capital.
The term 'private capital' can be used to refer to the
nature of the investor, namely family offices, high-net-worth
individuals, private banking clients and other non-institutional
investors, and it can also refer to the nature of the investment,
i.e. investment in private companies as opposed to publicly-traded
companies, although the term encompasses much more than just
private equity these days. This article looks at trends in the
global private capital industry, principally the coming together of
private investors with private equity and other private asset
investments that have traditionally been the mainstay of
institutional investors, and how Guernsey is the natural home for
the bespoke structuring required for private capital
investments.
