This report examines the main benefits of Gibraltar as the emerging jurisdiction of choice for traditional and crypto hedge funds, including the dual regime that permits a fund domiciled in Gibraltar to safely opt out of AIFMD and continue operating under the Rock’s robust and tested domestic regulatory regime.
Q&A with Marcus Peter & Irina Stoliarova, GSK Stockman
What are the key trends currently driving growth and development within Luxembourg’s funds industry?
In 2019 Luxembourg fund industry revealed significant growth that was not slowed down in the first three
In recent years, the role of the hedge fund manager has become exponentially more complex to navigate. In addition to both traditional and crypto asset markets experiencing volatility and uncertainty, the imposition of increasingly onerous legislative and regulatory requirements on
Gibraltar’s geographic position makes it strategically important. That is also the case in the context of financial services. Gibraltar left the European Union with United Kingdom and is now the only jurisdiction in the world that continues to have a
The Dual Regime in Gibraltar has given the jurisdiction a number of post-Brexit freedoms many in the UK funds industry will look at with envy. In tandem, the formal realisation of the Gibraltar Authorised Regime (GAR) will provide the domicile
Despite the devastation it caused across the financial industry, the crypto winter resulting from the fall of FTX helped highlight the rigour of Gibraltar’s legislation around the way client assets are segregated and protected.
