Accelerated Innovation: Jersey Sets Out Its ESG Stall

To claim that ESG has become an important aspect of the alternative funds landscape would be something of an understatement – investor scrutiny, stakeholder activism and an ever-greater focus on purpose and climate change have all brought ESG into the mainstream – and with that, has shifted the dial in fund structuring.

That has fundamental consequences for cross-border domicile selection too – to the point that domicile choice has become a key factor in determining whether managers are meeting the credentials investors expect.

It's significant that, in a survey we commissioned in 2021, 100 percent of investors as well as 61 percent of managers and their advisers noted that ESG criteria will play an increasing role in fund domiciliation.