There is an ever growing awareness among investors and promoters
of the importance of looking towards jurisdictions with quality
service provision, strong corporate governance and robust yet
pragmatic regulation.
This change in emphasis and focus on improved standards which
was accelerated by the global financial crisis in 2008 was long
overdue and thankfully, it has been to Guernsey's advantage as
we see these factors among our greatest assets as a fund domicile.
It is why Guernsey continues to be consistently placed within the
very top tier of fund domiciles and remains particularly attractive
to investors and promoters seeking out quality.
Indeed, a 2012 survey carried out independently by
www.funddomiciles.com on the future of the UK offshore domiciles
found that 24% of managers have their funds serviced from Guernsey,
followed by the UK (20%) and Ireland (18%). A key finding from the
representative sample of 50 UK-based alternative investment
managers was that
