Evidence shows that Guernsey continues to meet the demands of both private equity managers and their investor base, writes Guernsey Finance chief executive Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured)… Guernsey’s pedigree as a leading funds domicile relies on its ability to continually meet the demands of fund managers and their investor base.
The financial services industry is failing to adopt voluntary standards crucial to rebuilding trust in banking, despite overwhelming support from those working in the sector, according to a report. Backing Market Forces, a report jointly commissioned by BSI, the UK National Standards Body, and the Chartered Institute for Securities &
MJ Hudson and MW Cornish & Co have merged their respective private equity and hedge funds practices with immediate effect. The merged firm, known as MJ Hudson, will be committed to providing a specialist legal service to the global alternative assets industry. The merger is the latest milestone in
The Vice Mayor of Shanghai has recognised the quality and stability of Guernsey’s financial services industry. Tu Guangshao voiced his support for Guernsey as a well-regulated, compliant and cooperative international finance centre recognising the island’s “great achievements in financial regulation and development” during meetings in Shanghai last week with a
Thames Valley accountants and business advisors James Cowper has advised global engineering consultancy Roughton Group on a restructuring and refinancing. James Cowper has advised Roughton Group shareholders since 2011 to deliver an exit for two retiring shareholder directors. The advice has included a refinancing of the group with its
Private equity fund Seafort Advisors I is acquiring three companies operating in different sectors from Munich-based private equity fund Auctus. The Seafort fund was set up specifically for this transaction. The synchronised deal involves the Noventiz Group of Cologne, Nuremberg-based DialogFeld Communication Group and Bayreuth's Dieter Braun Group.
Linedata has recently upgraded four Luxembourg-based custodian and fund administrator clients to the latest version of Linedata Compliance. Leveraging Linedata Compliance for its breach management and stronger internal controls through a maker/checker (four eyes) review process, investor service providers are able to take advantage of full audit trails and enhanced
AVCAL has welcomed the Australian Federal Government’s inquiry into the country’s financial system. The association says it is appropriate that the terms of reference allow for a thorough examination of how the financial services industry can best support the continued growth and expansion of the Australian economy. Yasser El-Ansary (pictured),
INDOS Financial, the only independent AIFMD depositary that has applied to the FCA for authorisation, has agreed provisional contracts with its first clients. On the basis of its formal FCA authorisation now anticipated to take effect in early December, INDOS has already submitted proposals to over 40 alternative investment managers
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), chief executive of Guernsey Finance, explores how Guernsey’s investment and insurance expertise mean it is capitalising on the opportunities presented by the growth of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS). Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are growing in popularity among investors as an alternative asset class and with insurers
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