Experience and expertise
Jersey has a long history of serving the international financial
services industry, with top class knowledge and experience
amongst the island's lawyers, accountants, brokerage houses,
international banking institutions and administrators. Jersey
prides itself on providing excellent quality of service in all
aspects of hedge fund administration and management by having very
well established local and international service providers.
Many hedge fund managers use Jersey for locating their core
middle or back office functions to a centre of
excellence.
Flexibility and adaptability
Jersey has a long association with collective investment
vehicles of all types, beginning with retail funds in the 1970s and
1980s, through private equity, real estate and JPUTs in the past
decade, and is now expanding further to welcome hedge
funds. Jersey's regulatory system is carefully honed to the
needs of the industry and has a well-established reputation for
accommodating alternative investment funds. Flexible yet robust
regulations including the non-domiciled fund rules, the expert
funds regime and the cell companies legislation allow hedge fund
businesses to prosper in the island.