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Just as employers are finally making sense of millennials, along comes the next, far-more-tech-savvy generation – so how can businesses be sure to attract the brightest and best?
The media has a rather nebulous definition of ‘millennials’ – anyone born between 1980 and 2000 ...
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By Ben Jordan on
28 November 2016
It’s becoming more and more difficult to predict which way the world will turn – so is it remotely possible to protect funds against every eventuality?
We live in uncertain times. For the funds industry in the Channel Islands, this uncertainty primarily falls into three categories. Firs...
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By David Burrows on
25 November 2016
The Channel Islands’ reputations are based on rigid regulatory frameworks, but what are the penalties if someone fails to comply?
Ask almost anyone in Jersey’s or Guernsey’s financial services sector why people should use the islands’ services and all of them will, at some p...
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By Kirsten Morel on
23 November 2016
With big sums at stake, competition for funds business is as voracious as ever – so the Channel Islands must size up the opposition and be ready for a fight
Funds. Not only are they vital to Guernsey’s and Jersey’s financial health, but they’re also key to the islands’...
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By Dave Waller on
21 November 2016
Predicting the future success and failure of economies and stock markets is often pinned to certain indicators – but how accurate are they in doing their job?
Let’s face it, we’d all like to see into the future. But as we’ve not yet worked out how to build a Tardis, thatR...
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By Chris Menon on
18 November 2016
Property funds may have hit a bump on the back of the Brexit vote, but they’ve proved far more resilient than during the financial crisis
There have been a number of major fallouts from the UK’s surprise Brexit vote on 23 June: a new Prime Minister, a record low interest rate of 0...
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By David Craik on
14 November 2016
In the second of our funds focus, we hear more leading practitioners’ perspectives on funds sectors and upcoming issues
Other funds sectors
Dan O’Connor, Partner, Jersey, and Ben Morgan, Partner, Guernsey, Carey Olsen
Whilst many centres are struggling to come to terms with...
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By BL Global on
11 November 2016
For BL’s annual funds issue, we gathered together leading practitioners across the Channel Islands to give their view of various funds sectors and issues in the coming months. Here we look at private equity and real estate
Private equity
Alistair Horn, Counsel, and Tim Morgan, Partner, Mouran...
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By BL Global on
9 November 2016
Funds in Jersey and Guernsey play a large part in the success of the islands’ finance sectors, but does the man or woman in the street really have a clue how the funds industry works? Our quick guide aims to explain all
Welcome to the house of funds… With a combined net asset val...
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By Dave Waller on
4 November 2016
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