Guernsey's funds industry goes back over 30 years when the first retail unit trusts were established.

The Foundations (Jersey) Law 2009 (the "Law") will come into force on 17 July 2009.

Over the summer, we are taking a break from our World in 2022 series and revisiting the prospects for subsectors of the Private Capital market.

Dan Birtwistle talked through the key features of the new draft Jersey Private Fund guide. The guide describes the policy and requirements of what we think will be a very attractive, harmonised...

London Stock Exchange Main Market-listed fund The Prospect Japan Fund Limited has been acquired by Japanese-based Prospect Co Ltd (Prospect) in a $147 million takeover.

Guernsey has been chosen as the domicile for HitecVision's latest fund launch.

In Jersey Financial Services Commission v Alternate Insurance Services Limited & Others [2007] JRC048 the Royal Court of Jersey (Commissioner R Southwell QC and Jurats Le Brocq and Georgelin) delivered a very significant judgment concerning certain of the provisions in the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 (the "1998 Law").

Following on from the Fund Finance Friday articles of March 11 and May 13, which looked at the sudden escalation of sanctions measures following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the...

HSH Cayman v ABN AMBRO Bank – Examining the Consequences of Non-Compliance with the Companies Winding Up Rules, Cayman Islands Whether one practises under a pre or post Woolf procedural regime it is not uncommon to hear statements to the effect that the rules of the court are intended to be complied with, and not intended to be mere "targets" towards which to aspire.

Norwegian based promoter Offshore Merchant Partners (OMP) has received commitments of US$ 381 million for its Guernsey closed-ended Offshore Merchant Partners Asset Yield Fund.

Judicial review allows applicants with sufficient interest in a decision or action by a public body to ask the Grand Court (the Court) to review the lawfulness.

In June of this year, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "Commission") issued Position Paper No. 4 in relation to amendments to regulatory legislation. The primary legislation to which this relates is the Banking Business Law (Jersey) 1991, Collective Investments Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 (the "CIF Law"), Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 ("FSL") and the Insurance Business Law (Jersey) 1996 (together, the "Regulatory Laws").

As we pass the mid-year point, data surveys and reports chronicle the progress of Private capital fundraising and deployment.

On 16 October 2015, the Cayman Islands introduced The Tax Information Authority (International Tax Compliance) (Common Reporting Standard) Regulations, 2015 (the Regulations) to implement the CRS.

This briefing provides a concise outline of recent developments in the regulation of Guernsey investment funds.

In early 2005 a committee reviewing the investment sector of the finance industry in Guernsey (one of several review committees) was established with Advocate Peter Harwood as Chairman. Importantly, Peter Moffatt, the Director of the Investment Business Division of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission ("the Commission") was also appointed to the Committee.

Five recent decisions of the Royal Court of Jersey illustrate that Jersey continues to be at the cutting edge of trust law. The first relates to the so called "dog-leg" claim by beneficiaries of a trust directly against the directors of a corporate trustee.