Guernsey – Demonstrating Clear Value For Fund Managers

Guernsey's funds industry is demonstrating clear value to fund managers and is increasingly being viewed as a world-leading jurisdiction in which to establish investment funds; in particular hedge funds and private equity funds, explains Dominic Wheatley of Guernsey Finance.

A report authored by KPMG and commissioned by the States of Guernsey (and supported by Guernsey Finance), published in May 2015 – entitled International Capital Flows – found that Guernsey funds facilitate GBP25 billion of inward investment to the UK from global investors and some GBP105 billion of inward investment to Europe. It estimates that European fund managers running Guernsey funds earn GBP1.8 billion of fees, of which UK-based managers earn GBP1.1 billion.