Funds under management and administration

31 March 2022

855

Total value of funds under management

31 March 2022

£309.6b

Proven. Smarter. Faster.

Guernsey is a world-leading and well-regulated international centre for investment fund business, with significant experience and skill within the alternative investments sector.

From practitioners to the regulator, Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), the Fund industry in Guernsey has the experience, knowledge and infrastructure, which when combined with internationally compliant laws and regulations has the ability to tackle vanilla products through to the more
innovative and esoteric. 

The Island also has expertise in using a wide range of investment vehicles including unit trusts, PCCs, ICCs and limited partnerships.

GIFA

Latest News

Conference urged to ‘work with nature, not against it’ on second day of Sustainable Finance Week

Attendees at the second and final conference day of Sustainable Finance Week were urged to embrace their inner David Attenborough as the day’s discussions focused on biodiversity.
The session began with a no-punches-pulled keynote speech from Dr Gemma Cranston, Executive Director of Pollination Group.
She began with some sobering statistics on biodiversity loss – 83% of wild mammals have been lost due to human degradation, an estimated one million animals have gone extinct due to human activity and $44 trillion, the estimated total economic value of nature on an annual basis.

Rewilding the environment and carbon offsets dominate discussions on first day of Sustainable Finance Week   

Funnelling capital into nature-positive projects that work with, not against, nature was one of the strong themes that emerged on the first conference day of Sustainable Finance Week.   
The conference began with a keynote from financier and environmentalist Ben Goldsmith, who asserted that rewilding – restoring land to its natural, uncultivated state – should become an asset class, adding that there is a strong economic case to be made for doing so.
“Solutions that run with the grain of nature are often cheaper, more durable, they work,” he said.

Guernsey Sustainable Finance Education Series Launched

Guernsey Finance’s Sustainable Finance Council is teaming up with the GTA University Centre and industry experts to deliver a series of education seminars that will tackle Guernsey’s sustainable finance skills and development.
The appetite for the Sustainable Finance Education Series was identified by a Guernsey Finance survey, which assessed local sustainable finance skills, talent levels and gaps.
The questionnaire aligned to a recent United Nations Development Programme Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) survey, of which Guernsey Finance is a member.

Events

GIFA Academy Event – Update from the FIU, to include the forthcoming MONEYVAL evaluation

We are pleased to welcome Adrian Hale, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, to provide an industry update at our upcoming Academy…

The Challenges and Opportunities of being an Investment Company Director

We are pleased to welcome Richard Stone, Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies, to present our upcoming Academy Event, taking…

GIFA Academy Event – Are Central Banks Ready to Hit Reverse Gear?

We are pleased to welcome Neil Parker of NatWest Markets to present our upcoming Academy Event, taking place on Thursday 29th June…

About GIFA

The Guernsey Investment & Funds Association (GIFA) was established in 1989 as a trade association to represent the Island’s  funds  industry and, following the merger with Guernsey Investment Management and Stockbrokers Association in January 2019, now represents the wider investment industry. Our membership spans the whole spectrum of the Island’s investment community, including fund managers, administrators, custodians, investment managers, stock brokers, non- executive directors as well as professional firms such as lawyers and accountants who are closely involved in the work of the investment business industry.