Guernsey’s Ever Evolving Investment Fund Industry

The Guernsey investment fund industry is in a constant state of evolution to stay fresh and keeps reinventing itself to remain attractive.

Evolving asset classes

Regulatory changes within the UK and EU have made Guernsey less popular for the open ended retail investment structures of the past. That's not to say that open ended structures are no longer relevant to Guernsey or the institutional market our funds industry serves.

In particular the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed between Guernsey and Switzerland may extend the appeal of our open ended funds, which Swiss managers have traditionally used. The Non Guernsey scheme rules also enable local service providers to manage, administer or act as custodian to Non Guernsey schemes, and these too are open ended schemes.