Jersey Funds

This article give a brief outline of the Jersey funds regime with a particular focus on the new unregulated funds regime.

Jersey has a simple clear and attractive tax regime. When a local consumption tax (GST) was recently introduced it was combined with a specifically designed exemption which ensures that Jersey funds and their service-providers (including fund managers administrators custodians etc) can easily elect to stay entirely outside the effects of the new GST.

The existence of a mature and experienced funds administration industry and an internationally recognised regulatory regime which combines speed certainty and flexibility with an appropriate level of regulatory...