Guernsey: Financial Services

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.

As sustainable finance grows in sophistication with ESG integration, impact funds, and transition finance strategies, investors face a critical paradox: does the proliferation of frameworks, data, and product structures create barriers to deploying capital with confidence? This analysis examines how international finance centres like Guernsey are bridging the implementation gap between investor ambition and execution through specialized expertise, credible frameworks, and innovative solutions.

Guernsey Finance serves as the official promotional body for Guernsey's international finance sector, operating as a collaborative initiative between government and industry stakeholders. The organization works to enhance Guernsey's global reputation and facilitate connections within the international financial services community.

Guernsey's investment sector has surpassed £1 trillion, marking a significant milestone in its role as a global private capital hub. The Guernsey Funds Forum explored how the island's flexible structures, regulatory credibility...

The alternative funds market is experiencing a structural transformation as investors increasingly demand access to long-term investment strategies without the rigid lockups of traditional closed-ended funds. Evergreen fund structures are emerging as a compelling solution, offering periodic liquidity while maintaining long-term investment horizons across asset classes like private credit, real estate, and infrastructure. Guernsey's 2025 reforms to its Private Investment Fund regime have removed critical bar

The first panel of the event, titled "Flexible fund structuring", explored the relevance of Guernsey’s different fund structures, showcasing how the island’s agility and broad expertise support innovative approaches...

This briefing discusses the GFSC's reduction in application and annual fees for Private Investment Funds, which, when read alongside the reforms implemented under the 2025 PIF Rules...

Briefing Summary:AIFMD II introduces substantial new obligations for EU AIFMs, but these do not apply to Guernsey managers except for expanded reporting requirements.

Guernsey Finance's Industry Update 2026 brought together industry, government and partners to align around a shared agenda for the future, under the theme ‘Finance Forward – building Guernsey's future.'