Guernsey's Choice Of Fund Structures

Guernsey offers a flexible choice of business vehicles for structuring funds and associated management and special purpose vehicles. The types of investment vehicle most often encountered in Guernsey are closed ended or open ended companies and unit trusts and closed ended limited partnerships. Additionally, Guernsey recently introduced its form of limited liability partnership, which has already proved popular as a vehicle to house fund managers and general partners (including of non-Guernsey funds).

TYPES OF VEHICLE

1. Company

The Guernsey limited liability company provides investors with limited liability to the amount unpaid on their shares. It also has the major advantage of not being subject to any capital maintenance principle.