General Information To establish itself as the international offshore financial centre of choice for its prospective clients, Jersey has been working to implement new legislation relating to legal entities located on the Island. In particular, Jersey will be introducing revised legislation in relation to its law on limited liability partnerships…

The Jersey Financial Services Commission’s (“JFSC”) Expert Fund Guide was published on 3 February 2004. This opened the door for sophisticated investors to take advantage of new streamlined procedures for establishing new funds in Jersey. Since its inception, the Expert Fund regime, with its streamlined procedures and flexibility apropos structure…

Further to our briefing regarding the proposed rationalisation and consolidation of Jersey’s private fund and unregulated fund regime, Jersey has now introduced a new simplified fund regime with additional beneficial features and increased flexibility. The regime came into effect on 18 April 2017. The new regime was introduced as part…

The Collective Investment Funds (Unregulated Funds) (Jersey) Order 2008 (the “Unregulated Funds Order”) was introduced by Jersey Financial Services Commission in February 2008. The Unregulated Funds Order allows Unregulated Funds to be established in the Island. The introduction of Unregulated Funds was seen at the time as a reflection the…

Jersey’s Funds Industry The Island of Jersey has over four decades of experience in servicing the investment funds market. Its funds industry has witnessed significant recent growth and has doubled in size in the last ten years. Much of this growth can be attributed to the impact of Expert Funds,…