The investment industry, like the financial world as a whole, may be suffering from the impact of the credit crunch, stock market slump and global economic downturn, but the private equity sector i

Having looked after private equity business in Guernsey for over two decades, Northern Trust has ‘exported’ its capability to Jersey. The decision to establish a private equity fund administration team in Jersey in the first quarter of 2008 stemmed from various factors: demand from fund promoters wishing to domicile funds there, our reputation in that and other jurisdictions, the favourable legal and regulatory environment, and a strong infrastructure of legal and audit services with specialist private equity expertise. Northern Trust looks to replicate in Jersey the excellent private equity client reputation it enjoys in Guernsey. The new servicing hub also

Over the past couple of decades, Jersey and Guernsey have both positioned themselves as key centres for establishing offshore funds, particularly in the alternatives sectors of real estate and priv

The introduction by the Jersey Financial Services Commission in February 2008 of a system that allows Unregulated Funds to be established in the island is a reflection of its growing maturity as a