Guernsey Is A ‘Heart Valve' For Private Equity Industry

Guernsey offers "authority and certainty" with its expertise in the private equity sector, according to the head of the industry body in the UK.

Tim Hames, Director General of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), was speaking on a short visit to Guernsey as part of the ongoing work of the BVCA Channel Islands Group.

Mr Hames said that the organisation, which set up its CI Group nearly four years ago, had become "better advocates of the Channel Islands' position, and have gained a deeper knowledge that we simply wouldn't have had" through the CI Group.

"The single biggest result is that we as an institution understand the issues that affect the Channel Islands with a greater degree of sophistication that was true in the past," he said.