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Private Trust Companies (PTCs) can be a highly effective vehicle for managing trusts for families or connected groups. In this article, we explore the key aspects of PTC regulation in Guernsey, including limited permissions, fiduciary licensing and record-keeping requirements.

While global mergers and acquisitions activity shrank to its lowest level in more than a decade in the first quarter of 2023, as rising interest rates, high inflation and fears of a recession...

More than half of trust & corporate service providers in Guernsey have two or more female senior managers, a survey by the Guernsey Association of Trustees (GAT) of its members has confirmed.

The alternative funds market is experiencing a structural transformation as investors increasingly demand access to long-term investment strategies without the rigid lockups of traditional closed-ended funds. Evergreen fund structures are emerging as a compelling solution, offering periodic liquidity while maintaining long-term investment horizons across asset classes like private credit, real estate, and infrastructure. Guernsey's 2025 reforms to its Private Investment Fund regime have removed critical bar

At a recent webinar hosted by our Channel Islands Investment Funds & Corporate practice group in partnership with the HFM European COO Club...

It's probably fair to say that the number of funds listing recently has slowed – and there's many factors which feed into this. Raising capital for an IPO of a fund or SPAC can be a tricky business...

Guernsey’s captive insurance industry has successfully grown since the first captive was launched in the Island in 1922.

Could a UK law firm be compelled to provide personal data which it held by reason of it having advised the trustee of a Bahamian Trust?

The recent decision of the Supreme Court of England and Wales poses important points to be considered by commercial landlords, tenants and agents...

There have been a number of recent developments in the area of corporate insolvency law which will impact on Guernsey insolvency procedures.

Guernsey has recently introduced changes to the Protected Cell Companies Ordinance, 1997 to allow for the incorporation of any company as a protected cell company , save for certain Guernsey regulated businesses, provided that the administration of the PCC is undertaken by a Guernsey licensed financial services business with a principal place of business in Guernsey.

Guernsey's place as a centre of excellence for fund administration should be well known: a burgeoning sector that's been flourishing for years

Carey Olsen has acted for the winning parties in a decision issued by Guernsey's Royal Court in a landmark trust case involving Robert Tchenguiz and one of the offshore trust structures in which his assets are held.

Both statute and common law principles allow a trustee to invoke the Court’s supervisory jurisdiction of a trust.

Robin Fuller, chairman of the marketing committee of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association, looks at new opportunities for the Guernsey funds sector and highlights fintech as one likely to be significant.

Guernsey's new Manager Led Product (MLP) was warmly received by a London funds audience when it was launched at the Guernsey Funds Forum last week [12 May].