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ARTICLE · 29 JULY 2025

Jersey's Most Successful Fund Product Gets Even Better - Updates To The Jersey Private Fund

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In what may be one of the most significant developments in Jersey's funds regime, the Government of Jersey ("Government") and the Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") have announced major...

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In what may be one of the most significant developments in Jersey's funds regime, the Government of Jersey ("Government") and the Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") have announced major improvements to the Jersey Private Fund ("JPF") regime. Since its inception in 2017, the JPF has been a huge success story for Jersey. These recent changes promise to make the JPF even more attractive, offering an efficient and proportionate regulatory regime for private funds.

A new Ministerial Order known as the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey Private Funds) Order 2025 ("JPF Order") has been passed today, and becomes effective on 6 August 2025. The effect of the JPF Order is that JPFs authorised on or after 6 August 2025 will no longer be subject to the 50 offer/investor limit. There is no longer any limit on the number of offers/investors for a JPF, although JPFs may only be offered to a "restricted group of investors" which means:

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