The Global Outlook For Jersey Private Equity Real Estate

Jersey has a long-standing and enviable reputation as a leading and well-regulated offshore financial centre, particularly for those establishing private equity real estate funds and other real estate investment structures. In considering recent trends in the Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) sector, it is worth focusing on why Jersey continues to be the destination of choice for international investors and PERE fund managers as a platform for international real estate investment.

REAL ESTATE MARKET OVERVIEW

As an international crossroads for cross-border investment, Jersey has direct visibility on the international real estate markets.

Since the financial crisis the continued low interest rate environment and the background of quantitative easing, has prompted a search for real investment returns. Post-crisis opportunities (arising from deleveraging and initial risk aversion) and the cyclical nature of real estate markets, have drawn opportunistic and value-add