It's no secret that new investment company listings have
been relatively sporadic of late – I won't say this is
entirely down to Brexit (see below recent successful initial public
offerings which Ogier Guernsey has acted on), but it's clear to
me that Brexit has stalled a number of fundraisings which have gone
out to market. Fortunately, the word is that as soon as we have a
bit of clarity on the way forward, there may be a race to
market.
Taking a longer-term view, data from the London Stock Exchange
to the end of January 2019 shows that Guernsey is home to more
non-UK incorporated companies listed on the LSE than any other
jurisdiction globally. Guernsey won't be directly impacted by
Brexit – we are not part of the EU, and never have been
– and so if the structure works now, it will almost certainly
work after Brexit.
