Jersey has developed some groundbreaking regulatory policies over the past decade, facilitating fast-track well regulated funds, including in the alternative investment funds sector.

As part of on-going international initiatives, a large number of international finance centres (including Jersey, Guernsey, BVI and Cayman)...

Despite current challenges facing funds generally, the Jersey funds industry remains resilient, with a positive outlook for the near and long term future.

Two Islanders who are currently pursuing law courses with the Institute of Law reveal their very different reasons for choosing to resume their studies

Fund governance is undergoing rapid change, shaped by evolving investor expectations, regulatory pressures and new technologies.

Climate change will no doubt continue to be a worldwide topic of concern and will impact us all.

Tourism is the world’s largest industry and as a consequence has a massive impact upon the global economy.

The Security Interests (Jersey) Law 1983, governing the creation of security over intangible movables, is due to replaced in 2012 and will offer secured parties new flexible methods of creation of security to enhance their position.

Since changes to the law were introduced in November 2007 the focus of fund regulation in Jersey has shifted away from product-by-product regulation in favour of the licensing of fund service providers by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the “JFSC”).

The booming global property investment market has made Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) one of the fastest expanding areas of stock markets since 2000, particularly in the United States, but also in Japan and France where they were launched in 2001 and 2003 respectively.

As we reach the half-way point of 2025, the investment environment in the US market continues to evolve, set against a tumultuous backdrop that shows no signs of abating.

It's a well-worn joke to describe a statistician as someone who has his feet in the oven and his head in the fridge, and says that on average he's feeling normal.

At both a domestic and foreign level, general partners (GPs) are now confronted with a dizzying array of compliance requirements and information requests from investors, advisers, and regulators.

With 70% of families identifying a greater role for the next gen in family office activity in the coming years (Family Capital, 2022)...

Jersey Finance's Head of Funds Elliot Refson talks to Paul Rouse, CFO at Leda Braga's Jersey-headquartered Systematica Investments, about how the hedge fund manager has evolved over the past decade and how Jersey continues to provide the jurisdictional platform to support its future ambitions...

The current conditions in the financial markets have made financing mergers and acquisitions with debt more difficult, but they have also had the effect that assets are available at good prices for those who can raise the necessary finance.

Even in the pre-COVID world, the cross-border nature of complex commercial litigation in Jersey and around the world often meant that plaintiffs, claimants, assets, and – crucially – witnesses, could be located in different jurisdictions.

As a politically stable and tax neutral jurisdiction with over 40 years accumulated experience as an international finance centre, Jersey has gained a strong reputation as a prime location in which to establish collective investment funds.

Jersey continues to be a popular jurisdiction in which to incorporate companies for use on a wide range of transactions, including investment funds, private equity, structured finance and securitisation transactions as well as listings on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.