Guernsey: Corporate Governance

Five years have now passed since Switzerland introduced mandatory licensing for trustees under the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA). The reform marked one of the most significant regulatory evolutions in the country’s trust and fiduciary landscape, moving the sector from a largely self-regulated environment to a fully supervised regime overseen by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

Taiwanese family businesses are navigating a universal challenge: how to pass value, leadership and decision-making authority to the next generation without introducing avoidable risk. Succession planning works best when it is treated as a governance and operating question (who decides what, and when), not just an asset-transfer exercise.

Guernsey has for some time been the domicile of choice for non-UK companies listing on the London Stock Exchange...

‘ESG' has well and truly arrived, and has triggered a new age in business and financial investment strategy. In their first article, Advocate and Partner Anthony Williams...

It is no secret that 2022 was a challenging year. As a community, we are still adjusting to living with Covid but we are also seeing events unfold beyond our shores that have a real and significant impact...

Guernsey is one of the world's largest offshore finance centres, with a thriving funds industry. At the end of June 2021, 1,222 funds (and 1,443 sub-funds)...

With the States of Guernsey's approval yesterday of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Insolvency) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (the "Ordinance")

Fund promoters new to Guernsey will have to demonstrate a proven track record.

When considering the place to establish your company for raising capital on the international markets, offshore financial centres can provide a number of advantages.