Fund Distribution: Impact of the 4th Anti Money Laundering Directive
The fourth Anti Money Laundering Directive (AML4), or Directive (EU) 2015/849 to give its proper name, is due to be implemented into National Law by all EU member states by 26 June 2017. As with all directives there can be gold-plating at the national level. There will also be recommendations, guidelines and interpretation from various…
Local SEO and why it matters for Guernsey Finance
In the Finance Industry, Local SEO could easily be overlooked as being unimportant when the clear majority of our clients are based from overseas. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. I will explain why we should be doing more for our local SEO to help on with business on a global scale. Firstly,…
The EU Regulation Torrent
On 29th November I attended the 6th AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Directive 2016 Conference held by the Private Equity Forum and hosted in the auditorium at the London office of Simmons & Simmons. The content was heavy on regulation and had a large focus on Brexit. I was also able to have a conversation…
To Brexit or not to Brexit?.. That is the question!
It seems that in the United Kingdom the government might want to observe the majority will to leave the European Union… however those plans might be scuppered by a few citizens from the minority that clearly lost the vote. Why is this? The United Kingdom has Parliamentary Sovereignty and therefore any vote of the people…
Interview: Christopher Jehan talks funds with BL Magazine
Recently Christopher was interviewed by BL Magazine, in the Funds Edition (November / December 2016).The photo shoot for the telephone interview was held on Wednesday 28th September in Jersey at the Radisson Blue Hotel. We are delighted to now be able to share this interesting & informative article with you! You can download our “assembled”…
Brexit: The Potential Impact on Fund Distribution – A Viewpoint from Guernsey
On 23rd June 2016 the United Kingdom referendum on whether or not to remain in the European Union resulted in a majority of 51.89% of those voting wanting to leave the EU. Whilst the UK Government has yet to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which sets out the process by which…
