These include banks, the legal profession, accountancy profession and trust or company service providers.

These issues are not straightforward and lend themselves to much subjective thinking.

Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains what Guernsey has to offer to Asian clients.

With the transitional phase for implementing the EU AIFMD having finally come to an end this summer, there has been a marked rise in analysis, and some speculative comment, in recent weeks.

The global economic landscape has undergone significant changes since our last article on trends and developments in aircraft finance, with geopolitical shifts...

In the current climate of regulatory reforms the need to prove that an offshore fund manager has the necessary ‘substance' to its business dealings and functionality has never been more acute.

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s financial services industry.

It is not unusual for a settlor to wish to exercise a degree of control over trustee activities. One can understand such a desire in a case where, for example, shares in a settlor's family company are to be held in trust, or where the settlor does not know his intended trustees.

The purposes of these privatisations are manifold and have included a desire for reduced public scrutiny,

The global economy is still being buffeted by a variety of crosswinds and the flow of legislation on international financial regulation continues.

For more than 50 years, Guernsey has been globally recognised as a leader in private wealth, family office management and structuring.

Jersey’s financial services industry is ideally placed to support the needs of corporate and institutional business and private clients in Greater China.