It would be a shame if 2017 was overshadowed by a media frenzy
based on some stolen data, because for Jersey, in the slightly
paraphrased words of Ian Dury, there are plenty of reasons to be
cheerful as we look forward to 2018.
There's no doubt that over the coming year, jurisdictional
differentiation is set to be even more important for international
finance centres (IFCs) as they attempt to stand out from the crowd
and set out their stalls as being an inherently different and new
breed of offshore centre.
And there are plenty of ways in which Jersey is well placed to
do just that – in fact, we've been doing it throughout
2017.
First, there's our commitment to innovation. In 2017, Jersey
brought a number of innovative and unique platforms to market. The
Jersey Private Fund vehicle, for instance, was the fruit of a
major streamlining process within our investment funds regime,
designed to enable small numbers of sophisticated investors to
bring their funds to
