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Moves towards a new Jersey funds structure that regulates managers, not underlying investment funds and related vehicles, have been greeted by the head of Ogier's Jersey investment funds team...

On 24 April 2008, the English High Court released the judgment of Mr. Justice Andrew Smith in the "bank charges" case brought by the Office of Fair Trading ("the OFT") against seven high street banks and a building society in the UK.

A new private placement fund regime has been introduced in Jersey

Recent years have continued to show an increase in the use of Jersey companies listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Recognising Jersey's appeal for financial services, especially in the field of fund management and domiciliation, Global Investor/ISF magazine, one of Euromoney Institutional Investor's flagship titles has awarded Jersey ‘Financial Centre of the Year 2015'.

It has been said that sometimes one spends so much time looking at the door that is closing that one does not see the door that is open. For Jersey the door that is closing is the UK as the benefits of offshore structures have been almost completely stripped away for UK domiciled persons.

There was many a wry smile in Jersey when Alistair Darling announced yet another independent review of regulatory arrangements which he says allow offshore centres to "attract banking customers with lower taxes – without contributing to the UK exchequer".

For all of the quirks and oddities of Jersey's conveyancing process, you might be surprised to know that it's actually a good deal quicker than many other jurisdictions.

The anticipated rise in UK and European corporate insolvencies over the next two years should be prompting both borrowers and lenders to take early advice where they have concerns ...

The latest figures on the performance of the economy in 2014 provide a welcome boost and once again highlight the role of the finance industry as the major contributor to future prosperity...

Ian Slack and Richard Joynt speak to Hannah Downie about the changing dynamics of the single family office and multi-family office market.

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

As interest in hedge funds has grown in the UK and Europe during recent years, a large number of promoters have chosen to locate their funds in Guernsey away from traditional hedge fund domiciles. This is due in no small measure to the encouragement provided by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for the use of the island as a domicile through two policy changes.

In recent years there has been a worldwide move towards ethical investment leading to a dramatic growth in Islamic Finance.

On 4 February 2010, the English Court of Appeal delivered a judgment in the above case, which acts as a warning, in particular to banks (but also to other financial service providers) regarding the possibility of having to disclose evidence relating to and/or justify in court, suspicions upon which a suspicious activity report (SAR) was filed and which lead to a refusal to act on client instructions.

We Talk Banking & Finance is the new bi-weekly podcast from Walkers in which lawyers from our international banking team discuss the latest themes and trends in offshore finance with industry experts.

On 29 October 2009 HM Treasury in London published a report on the British Offshore Finance Centres, commissioned by The Chancellor of the Exchequer in December 2008 and prepared by Mr Michael Foot, a former senior Bank of England official.