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GFSC Takes Steps To Simplify Regulation, Provide Regulatory Clarity And Support Growth In Digital Finance
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has released new guidance on digital finance and asset tokenisation, introducing practical measures to strengthen the jurisdiction's position in the digital finance sector. The initiative includes regulatory refinements for virtual asset service providers, clarification on tokenised securities treatment, and simplified licensing pathways for investment and insurance firms engaging in digital asset activities.
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Guernsey Finance
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10 Years In Guernsey: The Trends Shaping Our Clients’ Priorities In 2026
As Guernsey marks a decade of evolution in international finance, legal experts across investment funds, banking, private wealth, and regulatory practices examine how client priorities have transformed from jurisdiction-specific transactions to complex, multi-jurisdictional strategies requiring integrated expertise. The analysis explores emerging trends in governance, digital finance, and cross-border advisory that are reshaping decision-making in 2026.
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Walkers
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HM Treasury Designates Four Critical Third Parties To The UK Financial System
HM Treasury has designated four major global cloud and technology providers as critical third parties under the UK's new operational resilience regime, granting financial regulators direct oversight powers over systemic services that could threaten financial stability. The designations mark the first implementation of rules established under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, mirroring the EU's DORA framework while maintaining a targeted, risk-based approach to protecting the UK financial system f
United Kingdom Finance
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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Bridging The Funding Gap: The Convergence Of Fund Finance And Structured Finance As A Liquidity Tool
For limited partners, fund finance structures offer a way to achieve liquidity for their fund interests, while for general partners they provide a means to capitalise their funds. In a market characterised by slower exits and tighter bank balance sheets, asset managers and their lenders are increasingly importing structured finance techniques into traditional fund finance products as they search for innovative and scalable solutions.
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Macfarlanes LLP
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Personal Guarantees In UK Real Estate Finance Transactions – Considerations For Lenders
In UK real estate finance transactions, high-net-worth sponsors are sometimes required to provide personal guarantees to lenders. These guarantees serve as additional security when lenders cannot fully recover debts from the underlying real estate, or when specific risks emerge that require the sponsor to take particular actions within defined timeframes. The personal guarantee creates a financial incentive for sponsors to fulfill their obligations and mitigate identified risks.
United Kingdom Finance
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Guernsey SPVs As Useful Structuring Tools In Aviation Transactions
Guernsey special purpose vehicles offer aircraft owners, lessors and financiers a flexible, tax-neutral structuring solution for aviation transactions. This briefing examines how Guernsey SPVs provide asset segregation, liability protection and bankruptcy-remote structures while benefiting from the jurisdiction's creditor-friendly laws and Cape Town Convention implementation. Discover the key features that make Guernsey an internationally recognised choice for aircraft ownership and financing arrangements.
Guernsey Finance
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Carey Olsen
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Securitization & Structured Finance

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GFSC Takes Steps To Simplify Regulation, Provide Regulatory Clarity And Support Growth In Digital Finance
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has released new guidance on digital finance and asset tokenisation, introducing practical measures to strengthen the jurisdiction's position in the digital finance sector. The initiative includes regulatory refinements for virtual asset service providers, clarification on tokenised securities treatment, and simplified licensing pathways for investment and insurance firms engaging in digital asset activities.
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Guernsey Finance
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Bridging The Funding Gap: The Convergence Of Fund Finance And Structured Finance As A Liquidity Tool
For limited partners, fund finance structures offer a way to achieve liquidity for their fund interests, while for general partners they provide a means to capitalise their funds. In a market characterised by slower exits and tighter bank balance sheets, asset managers and their lenders are increasingly importing structured finance techniques into traditional fund finance products as they search for innovative and scalable solutions.
United Kingdom Finance
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Macfarlanes LLP
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Credit Risk Transfers: What Every Asset Manager Should Ask Before Investing
Market participants employ four main credit risk transfer structures—bank-issued CLNs, SPV-issued CLNs, credit default swaps, and participation interests—each carrying distinct risk, regulatory, and funding profiles that require careful evaluation. Asset managers must navigate critical considerations including due diligence protocols, credit event definitions, and recovery rights to optimize returns. Recent Basel 3 re-proposals in the U.S. and regulatory developments in the E.U. and U.K. are res
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Dechert
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Acquisition Finance/LBOs/MBOs

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Goodwin Advises Tinicum and Blackstone on Their Recommended £1.275 Billion Offer for Senior Plc
A consortium of investment funds advised by Tinicum and Blackstone has launched a £1.275 billion recommended offer for FTSE 250-listed Senior plc, an international engineering solutions provider serving aerospace, defence, and energy markets. This high-profile public-to-private transaction highlights continued private equity interest in UK listed companies with strong fundamentals and long-term growth potential in the defence and aerospace sector.
United Kingdom Finance
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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