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The total value of funds business in Guernsey is at a five-year high following a predicted rise in net asset value in Q2 2018, according to the latest figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Angela Calnan notes that many modern Middle Eastern families are looking offshore to avoid the forced-heirship provisions of Shari’a law.

In a last year decision the Court of Appeal of Jersey has clarified the principles relating to the payment of costs in non-adversarial trust applications.

With more and more family offices launching, Stuart Mauger, Director of Sales and Relationship Management at RBC Wealth Management, points to some of the reasons for setting up shop in Guernsey.

Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Minister, Deputy Kevin Stewart, who was also in Hong Kong for the office launch, echoed those sentiments.

The Channel Islands Securities Exchange Limited (CISE) has set an example for other companies to follow by listing on its own Exchange.

It can sometimes be a dangerous business to be a professional trustee operating in a world where the fiscal and judicial authorities of certain on-shore states take a dim view of their citizens’ desire to minimise their exposure to taxation.

Granting Guernsey a ‘third country' passport under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) would lead to increased investment in European infrastructure projects, research by the island's financial services regulator has found.

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

Innovation isn't a word that historically has been associated with the private client world; that world probably evokes Dickensian images of the Chancery court, claret and the occasional outrage at a box of bad snuff.

Guernsey's private wealth sector is moving towards dealing with larger, more complex clients where the real breadth and depth of experience on the island can add value, according to island practitioners.

"We couldn't have had a warmer welcome and it is wonderful to experience first-hand the dynamic energy in the Beijing private equity and venture capital space at the moment.

A new online platform, developed in Guernsey, is aiming to make the 'know your client' process quicker, easier and more cost effective.

When a client is establishing trusts as part of his wealth and succession planning, one of the more difficult decisions can often be whom to appoint as trustee.

A landmark Privy Council ruling has been hailed as good news for Guernsey by an island-based lawyer.

Figures from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have underlined the strong relationship between Guernsey's fund industry and the European marketplace.

The pool of investable assets in Asia is predicted to reach $U14.5trn by 2020.

Ogier's William Simpson and Val Rouse outline some of Guernsey's fund structures and how the evolving regulatory landscape maintains Guernsey as a premier domicile.