Guernsey Finance Chairman Lyndon Trott (pictured) has been appointed as an independent trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA) trust funds.
As Vice President of the States of Guernsey's Policy & Resources Committee, Lyndon Trott is also a States Deputy &ndas...
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By States Of Guernsey on
28 August 2020
Alternative assets information provider Preqin has released its H2 2020 Investor Update: Alternative Assets, which gives a breakdown of investor attitudes by asset class, as well as the fund types, strategies and regions attracting interest.
According to the report, Covid-19 has not dampened invest...
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By BL Global on
24 August 2020
Ravenscroft's acquisition of WHIreland (IOM) has been completed following approval from the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority.
The acquisition by Ravenscroft Holdings of 100% of the issued share capital of WHIreland (IOM) means Ravenscroft now has a presence in the Isle of Man for t...
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By Ravenscroft on
24 August 2020
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has issued two discussion papers seeking views on proposed rules to be made following the approval of the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, and the Protection of Investors (Bai...
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By Guernsey Financial Services Commission on
21 August 2020
Up North
Northern accents are becoming more similar, according to research by the University of Manchester. A team led by linguistics specialist Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk set out to find out if there is such a thing as Great Northern English and used machine learning to analyse the voices of people ...
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By Alexander Garrett on
21 August 2020
Fiduciary services provider Intertrust Group has formed a global offshore law firm, Intertrust Law, managed from the Cayman Islands.
Intertrust Law will provide Cayman legal advice covering the practice areas of investment funds, corporate and fund finance, structured finance, litigation and p...
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By Intertrust on
20 August 2020
The house price report for the second quarter of 2020 has been published by Statistics Jersey.
In the second quarter, on a rolling four-quarter basis, the mix-adjusted average price of dwellings sold in Jersey during the year ending Q2 2020 was 1% higher than the previous quarter (year ending Q1 20...
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By BL Global on
20 August 2020
Amid an increasingly fast-paced, customer-led and competitive business landscape, organisations are more focused than ever on reaping the benefits of digitisation – to drive efficiency, reduce costs and meet the needs and desires of their customers.
A Deloitte Insights report, released in May...
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By BL Global on
20 August 2020
Aurigny Airlines has announced that Nico Bezuidenhout (pictured), the former Chief Executive of Mango Airlines – a subsidiary of South African Airways – is to take over as the Guernsey airline's Chief Executive this year.
Nico will take over from Mark Darby, who is retiring having l...
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By BL Global on
20 August 2020
Amid the many negatives of the pandemic, a positive spotlight has been cast on ESG investing, says David Storm, Head of Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategy, RBC Wealth Management International
While most asset prices took a beating during the initial phase of Covid-19, environmental, social and governan...
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By RBC Wealth Management on
20 August 2020
Digital Jersey has released the results of a study of Jersey’s labour market, which shows that embracing technology and growing data and analytics skills will be key to boosting productivity as the economy recovers from the coronavirus.
The Labour Market Insights project, by Digital...
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By Digital Jersey on
20 August 2020
Bedell Cristin, working alongside Latham & Watkins, has advised management technology company CPA Global, a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners, on its merger with IP services provider Clarivate.
Under a definitive agreement signed on 28 July, CPA Global, which special...
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By Orchard PR on
20 August 2020
PraxisIFM Group and Oak Group have announced that negotiations are under way to combine their global businesses.
Heads of terms have been entered into, which enable both companies to start formal negotiations.
The combined group, whose name has yet to be announced, would have offices in 17 j...
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By FWD Consulting on
18 August 2020
Issue 69 of Businesslife is now available online.
Channel Islands businesses are rapidly turning their attention to the changing needs of their customers, the new operating environment and the opportunities of a new world created by the coronavirus pandemic.
As a result, this issue of Businesslife...
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By BL Global on
14 August 2020
Saffery Champness Registered Fiduciaries has announced the promotion of Philip Radford (pictured) and Paul Tucknott to the board of Saffery Champness Holdings, which oversees the firm’s offshore business based in Guernsey and with offices in Geneva and Dubai.
Philip has worked in the tr...
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By Infinite Global on
14 August 2020
The leaders of two Channel Islands PR businesses are holding a webinar next month to discuss some of the new challenges surrounding flexible working.
The webinar, hosted by Strategic HR Partnership MD Wendy McHugh and Black Vanilla MD Nichole Culverwell (pictured), will look at the new challenges f...
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By Black Vanilla on
14 August 2020
Ogier has announced several promotions across its Jersey office.
Victoria Grogan (pictured) has become Head of Wills and Probate, having served as Counsel in the Wills and Probate team since 2017.
She specialises in administering high-net-worth and multi-jurisdictional local and foreign domi...
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By Crystal PR on
14 August 2020
Barclays has appointed Jean-Christophe Gerard as CEO of Barclays Private Bank, subject to regulatory approval.
Although primarily based in the UK, Jean-Christophe will now oversee all Private Bank activity, which includes the Crown Dependencies.
He joined Barclays in 2017, initially lea...
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By Orchard PR on
13 August 2020
Bedell Cristin has again acted as lead counsel to Royal Bank of Scotland International in connection with finance made available to the Channel Islands Property Fund to acquire commercial premises at Valley House, St Peter Port.
The Bedell Cristin team was led by Guernsey Managing Partner Kat...
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By Orchard PR on
13 August 2020
Jersey-headquartered engineering products business SRJ Technologies has lodged a prospectus for its initial public offering, and expects to start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange in mid-September, according to a report in Financial Review.
The company, which makes a range of prod...
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By BL Global on
12 August 2020
Carey Olsen has launched a corporate service provider business, Carey Olsen Services Bermuda, which is a member of the Carey Olsen Bermuda group of companies.
The new firm specialises in corporate administration and compliance services, including the formation and incorporation of Bermuda cor...
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By Carey Olsen on
12 August 2020
Bedell Cristin has advised Atlantic Leaf Properties on all Jersey law aspects of its £152m acquisition by South Downs Investment, a wholly owned subsidiary of investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management, by means of a scheme of arrangement.
The Bedell Cristin team comprised Bruce Sco...
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By Orchard PR on
12 August 2020
Two Channel Islands PR companies have been recognised at this year’s Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) DARE Awards for the South West region.
Communications consultancy Liquid was named top Medium Consultancy in the South West, while Orchard PR won Small Consultancy of th...
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By BL Global on
12 August 2020
Financial services provider JTC has appointed Dean Blackburn to the role of Chief Commercial Officer. Dean takes over from Tony Whitney, who has retired after 23 years with the group.
Dean brings to the role more than 30 years’ international experience, with an extensive career in finan...
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By Crystal PR on
11 August 2020
Walkers Partner Rupert Morris has been named Chair of the STEP Guernsey Branch Committee.
Rupert, who already sits as the Guernsey representative on the STEP Worldwide Council, has taken on the three-year term leading STEP Guernsey.
A Guernsey Advocate and the head of Walkers' Channel Island P...
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By Walkers on
11 August 2020
The IoD’s annual Mid-Term Debate will focus on what Guernsey’s business community considers to be the top priorities ahead of the island’s general election.
A member survey will be circulated before the event, the results of which will form the basis of the debate. The ...
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By Black Vanilla on
11 August 2020
Jersey-based private air charter firm Isle-Fly has appointed George Romeril (pictured) as First Officer.
After an early career in Jersey, George began his commercial pilot training with Oxford Aviation Academy, moving on to Arizona and then to London.
He started at Isle-Fly a year ago as Ope...
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By Isle-Fly on
11 August 2020
Carey Olsen's corporate team in Guernsey has advised Tembo Capital on the launch of its latest fund, Tembo Capital Mining Fund III, which has a fundraising target of $300m.
A Guernsey closed-ended investment scheme, Tembo Fund III will follow a similar investment strategy to Tembo's f...
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By Carey Olsen on
10 August 2020
The latest house price figures from the States of Guernsey show that the market has been left relatively unscathed following the recent pandemic.
Skipton International has welcomed the report for quarter 2 of the year, which shows a continued rise in the value of property on the island, with ...
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By Direct Input on
10 August 2020
The Jersey Funds Association (JFA) has elected its new committee for the coming year, as it continues to champion Jersey as an ecosystem for alternative funds.
Elected at the JFA’s recent annual general meeting, Tim Morgan (Partner, Mourant) remains Chairman and Michael Johnson (Group Head of...
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By Crystal PR on
7 August 2020
Ocorian has assisted Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) in the closing of its 6th Core Fund (Fund VI), with A$2.5bn of commitments.
PEP is one of the largest private markets fund managers in Australasia and this fundraising effort means it has achieved its target hard cap.
Ocorian assisted ...
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By Ocorian on
7 August 2020
Walkers has represented Chrystal Capital Partners in relation to the registration of Guernsey's first healthcare cannabinoid investment fund, Verdite Capital Fund I, which was registered by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on 29 July 2020.
The Walkers team included Partner Kate Storey...
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By Walkers on
7 August 2020
Ogier has announced two promotions in its private wealth team in Guernsey – Alice Bricogne to Counsel and Chris Hards to Managing Associate.
Alice advises family offices, trust companies and high-net-worth individuals on the creation, administration and restructuring of trusts and foundations...
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By Ogier on
7 August 2020
Jersey’s Fiscal Policy Panel (FPP) has published an updated forecast for Jersey’s economy.
The forecast is for a steep contraction in the economy this year, in common with many other jurisdictions, following severe disruption to the global economy caused by the coronavirus pandemi...
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By Government of Jersey on
6 August 2020
The Jersey Financial Services Commission will be holding a webinar on reliance on Tuesday 18 August at 11:30.
The event will be hosted by Hamish Armstrong, the Commission's Chief Adviser, Financial Crime, and Amanda Reilly, its Head of Examination Units, and will include the following:
&...
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By Jersey Financial Services Commission on
6 August 2020
PwC has added to its Tax and Risk Assurance teams with the appointment of two Directors based in Jersey – Tom Cowsill and Chris Eaton.
Tom, who joins as Tax Director, was previously with Standard Bank in Jersey, where he was Head of Policy and Advisory.
A Chartered Accountant and...
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By Crystal PR on
5 August 2020
Carey Olsen has promoted Jersey corporate lawyer Nick Ghazi to Senior Associate.
Nick has been a member of the Jersey corporate team since 2017. His practice focuses on restructuring and debt finance, in particular acquisition finance, fund finance and real estate finance.
He has extensive experie...
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By Carey Olsen on
5 August 2020
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has launched a consultation paper on proposals for increasing the licence fees paid by firms. The consultation period will close on Tuesday 15 September.
The proposals are for an increase of 2.1% across all sectors, based on Guernsey’s RPI, together ...
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By Guernsey Financial Services Commission on
4 August 2020
Guernsey-based Avenue Trust Company (ATC) has appointed Sian Staples as its Managing Director.
Sian has been ATC’s Client Services Director for the past year, during which time she has also joined the board of ATC’s lead licence holder, Lince Salisbury.
Earlier in he...
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By Avenue Trust Company on
4 August 2020
Guernsey-based management consultancy business CBO has appointed Rudi le Roux as an Associate Consultant.
Rudi is an experienced Senior Consultant who has spent more than 20 years in C-level executive roles within the finance industry.
For the past eight years, he has been Chief Operating Of...
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By CBO on
3 August 2020
Guernsey has introduced new regulations that will allow the migration of limited partnerships into the island.
The move follows Guernsey’s adoption in June of a fast-track regime for the migration of investment funds and managers, and the new regulations are similarly structured.
The Limited...
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By We Are Guernsey on
3 August 2020