Funds 

KPMG is a leading professional services provider to the Funds Industry in the Channel Islands.

Our Services

 

Our team of multidisciplinary professionals offer a full range of services throughout the life cycle of an offshore investment vehicle including fund and management company structuring , listing and reporting accountant support, audit and assurance reporting, tax reporting services and liquidation/restructuring advice.

 

We are a leading provider to the Private Equity, Property, Infrastructure, Fund of Fund and Sustainable/Environmental Investment sectors.

 

 

 

 

Our Experience

 

As reported by the Lipper Fitzrovia Annual Survey, we audit approximately half of all funds in Guernsey and 27% of all funds in Jersey, as well as providing audit services to many of the fund administration and custodial service providers in the islands.

 

We offer a wide range of tax services, regularly advising on the set up of investment structures and also providing tax reporting for funds and their investors.

 

Our advisory practice led the first listing of a fund on London’s Specialist Fund Market and have advised on many main market and AIM listings. We are a listing sponsor for the CISX. Our team have also been active in the Funds M&A arena and have assisted several funds restructure recently.

 

 

Our Industry Involvement

 

Tony Mancini is a member of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association (GIFA) Executive Committee which is the trade body for the industry in Guernsey. Tony chairs the Guernsey International Business Association Committee that is working with government on the ongoing corporate tax review.

 

Heather MacCallum is KPMG’s representative for the Jersey Funds Association. She is a member of the Leadership Council of KPMG’s Investment Management Practice and a member of the KPMG Global Working Party on the EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive. 

 

Neale Jehan chairs the GIFA technical committee and is currently leading the industry’s response to the EU AIFM Directive. The technical committee is charged with examining the industry external to the island and identifying and reacting to potential threats and opportunities at regime or product level.

 

 

Our Thought Leadership

KPMG in the Channel Islands regularly participates in KPMG's Global Thought Leadership reports on the Investment Mangement sector.

 

Our Network

 

We are an integral part of KPMG’s Global Investment Management Practice and are a member of KPMG’s Global Fund Centre’s Leadership Team. We also have direct representation on KPMG’s EMEA Executive Leadership Team.

 

Our professionals are active members of KPMG’s Private Equity Group and contribute to our sector teams in real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds.

 

 

Our Team 

   Head of Funds CI & Head of Private Equity

       +44 (0) 1481 741810

      rahutchinson@kpmg.guernsey.gg

 

 
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