Jersey: Financial Services

The tokenisation of real assets is opening up alternatives to a vast new investor universe and jurisdictions are having to respond.

Our Senior Legal and Technical Manager, Peggy Gielen, looks back at the last quarter and provides an update on the key trends reshaping the private investment landscape with a particular focus on deal-by-deal investment structures, special purpose vehicles, ...

In the latest Market Moves update, Peggy Gielen, Senior Legal and Technical Manager at Jersey Finance, outlines how the latest changes to the Jersey Private Fund (JPF) are set to deliver greater flexibility, faster market access and broader investor reach, which are key competitive advantages in a fast-evolving funds landscape.

When considering an application to serve out of the jurisdiction, if a contractual agreement exists with respect to jurisdiction, the court will not re-weigh factors which were foreseeable in assessing whether the Cayman Islands is the most appropriate jurisdiction, absent exceptional, unforeseen circumstances.

Tokenisation is the digital representation of traditional, real-world assets ("RWAs") – such as bonds, equities, real estate and funds – in computer code stored on a decentralised ledger (a "blockchain").

On 23 July 2025 the Collective Investments Funds (Jersey Private Funds) Order 2025 was passed, removing the 50 offer/investor limit for Jersey Private Funds (JPFs) authorised on or after 6 August 2025.

As we reach the half-way point of 2025, the investment environment in the US market continues to evolve, set against a tumultuous backdrop that shows no signs of abating.

In recent months we have seen growing demand in the Channel Islands from Ultra High Net Worth US families and their advisors who are interested in establishing asset protection structures in well regulated 'safe harbour'...

The hugely popular Jersey Private Fund ("JPF") has been a global success story for Jersey since its launch in 2017 following the publication of...