In this episode of the podcast, Sara Hall, a partner in Walkers' Regulatory and Risk Advisory group, speaks to Julian Sawyer, CEO of Zodia Custody, a well known digital asset custodian.

The aim of BOC is to drill-down to the identification of persons who are the beneficial owners and controllers of legal persons or legal arrangements.

Ahead of the end of the post-Brexit transitional period the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (the CSSF) has, as of 1 January 2021

With the onset of the global pandemic approximately two years ago, there was a sense that new lending in the real estate finance market ('REFM') would cease or be severely curtailed while the lenders...

Asia-Pacific is now home to more HNW individuals than any other region.

The advice is a welcome endorsement of the work undertaken in Jersey and Guernsey to make the jurisdictions as attractive as possible as domiciles both for funds and fund managers...

A book on the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012 (the "Security Law") is due to be published in January 2020.

Increasingly, the third-party fund services industry is moving to a position where reviews of external service providers are a standard part of the operating model.

One of Ocorian's biggest sources of new business is migrations from competitor providers.

Ground-breaking FinTech initiatives already exist in Guernsey and more are in the pipeline, delegates at a GIFA Funds Academy session heard this week.

On 19 October 2021, the definition of a "prospectus" under Jersey company law was narrowed by the introduction of a number of a new exclusions which make it easier for Jersey companies...

Digitisation in the asset management industry is picking up pace. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, recently launched its first tokenised fund.

Jersey Finance’s US Flagship Week took place last month - a series of in-person engagements designed to strengthen commercial links between Jersey and the US, across funds, corporate services and private wealth.

Once the use of JPFs becomes effective, new applications under the older regimes will not be possible.

We have recently produced a podcast focused on the Funds industry entitled "Offshore Intelligence – Funds in demand".

Although the Euro crisis seems to be more stable, it still appears to be far from resolved - so stable, but critical.

At the same time, it provides easier access for investors who are looking to invest in securities which have been verified as meeting globally recognised standards in sustainable finance.

Access an article by Philip Pirecki, Americas Lead for Jersey Finance, who provides an interesting slant on tokenisation.

Tokenisation is set to transform the funds sector and the Island of Jersey's role in this exciting space is growing.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) represents a major change for the financial services industry.