The pandemic underscored the importance of integrating the next generation, or NextGen, into the family business. Many families experienced tragedies, losing their patriarch or matriarch...

The established norms in the global alternative and private investment sector are being challenged like never before and on multiple fronts, according to speakers at Jersey Finance's latest Funds Focus event.

Nearly half of the global assets under management, totalling $275 trillion, are held by private clients and high-net-worth investors, yet only 16% of this is currently allocated to alternatives.

In this article, Jersey Finance's Philip Pirecki and Elliot Refson discuss the fastest-growing US cities for alternative funds and investment management outside New York.

In this week's budget, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced that the government was bolstering its Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund by £1.1bn "supporting technologies of the future".

Effective succession planning is now the single biggest issue for high net worth individuals concerned about ensuring the successful transition of wealth from one generation to the next.

While cryptocurrency has been central to the digital economy for some time now, a new sector is emerging: tokenisation – the process of digitising tangible and intangible assets on the blockchain.

At our Jersey Finance Private Wealth Conference 2022 on 27 September, thought leaders on subjects from geopolitics to sustainability set out what recent trends mean for private wealth advisers and their clients.

Jurisdictional choice has always mattered in fund structuring. What has changed is why it matters. In today’s more fragmented and uncertain economic environment, jurisdiction is no longer simply a technical or operational decision. It has become a core risk allocation choice. Fund managers are increasingly asking not only what works today but what will stand up in five years’ time, to investors, boards and regulators.

The recent greylisting of South Africa by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) underscores the need for diversification and the exploration of offshore jurisdictions for investments.

A remarkable feature of recent elections around the world, including today's UK result, is that the pollsters by and large have got it wrong.

The global alternatives sector is being challenged like never before by technology, investor behaviors and a complex fundraising environment and, as Peggy Gielen...

On Tuesday 5 December, EU Finance Ministers at the meeting of ECOFIN, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Brussels, approved the outcomes of the initial screening exercise ...

In October, Jersey Finance CEO, Geoff Cook, spoke with Legal Business on the importance of preparing for the Great Wealth Transfer.

For US alternative investment fund managers trying to market into Europe, a constantly evolving regulatory environment has added a layer of complexity, say Elliot Refson and Philip Pirecki at Jersey Finance.

It's clear that the emergence of ‘the internet' some 30 years ago had a seismic impact on how we communicate.

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.

As the digitalisation of real-world assets gathers pace, it's imperative that managers and fund domiciles are ready to meet the opportunities this presents.

The media coverage on tax evasion has spiked again on the back of the Cahuzac affair with the French budget Minister responsible for combatting tax evasion indulging in a bit of it himself, by hiding €600,000 in an undeclared Swiss bank account.

Fund re-domiciliation has become increasingly popular recently as fund managers look for ways to adapt to and comply with changing regulations and investor preferences.