Christopher Jehan, takes a look at some of the innovative funds registered in the island. Please read the article below for more information.
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Midshore Consults on Guernsey’s First Crypto Fund
Midshore Consulting Limited (“Midshore”), an award-winning Guernsey-based regulatory consultancy, is pleased to announce the authorisation of Jacobi Bitcoin ETF, a sub-fund of Jacobi Investment Funds PCC Limited, which is Guernsey’s first approved cryptocurrency fund.
Jacobi Bitcoin ETF was authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“GFSC”) on 15 October 2021 and is available to institutional investors. The Fund will seek approval from the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK to list on the UK-based arm of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (“Cboe”) at which point it will become the world’s first Tier 1 Exchange Traded Fund (“ETF”).
Midshore has worked with Jacobi Asset Management (“Jacobi”) since early 2021 to design and develop the Fund and its operating model, ensuring that strict Guernsey regulatory requirements have been met. The final product brings together both Guernsey and International service providers ensuring that local requirements are met whilst allowing the flexibility of working with global firms experienced in this type of esoteric asset.
Christopher Jehan, Managing Director of Midshore said: “Having worked alongside Jacobi since the start of the year we are really happy with having reached this stage of regulatory approval. This project required early and frequent engagement with the GFSC and development of a key controls framework to ensure that regulatory requirements were considered at an early stage and kept in mind throughout the project. It is also a great achievement to be able to show that Guernsey is open for financial services products involving crypto assets.”
Jamie Khurshid, CEO of Jacobi said: “We are excited to be launching a new secure, transparent and accessible product to track the performance of Bitcoin. We are de-risking investments in crypto by removing the technology risk associated with the physical asset and the counterparty risk associated with traditional funds or tracker products that are unregulated leveraged debt instruments. We are proud to collaborate with Europe’s leading regulated firms for a truly tier 1 offering to service market demand, subject to the necessary regulated approval. This is an exciting moment for Europe as regulatory approval comes ahead of those waiting for a decision from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.”
Contacts
Christopher Jehan, Midshore Consulting Limited (+44 (0)1481 730733)
christopher@midshoreconsulting.com
Geneva Loader, Jacobi Asset Management (+44 (0)7444 734487)
Official release
Midshore Consulting Limited helps internationalise Resolute Capital Partners
Midshore Consulting Limited (Midshore) are proud to have successfully helped Resolute Capital Partners (RCP), a private equity firm based in the United States, internationalise their offering.
Over the last year Midshore’s team of experts led by Christopher Jehan have worked closely with RCP to determine the best combination of regulation and structuring to suit both the structure and the underlying funds.
The resulting Guernsey feeder funds can now be sold to clients across many international jurisdictions and Midshore continue to work with RCP and its partners using Midshore’s CompassFunds service to identify additional marketing opportunities in further jurisdictions, providing advice on the regulatory and legal requirements of accessing those markets.
“Midshore Consulting is pleased to have worked with Resolute Capital Partners on the first stages of their internationalisation project, Midshore’s decades of specialist international fund experience was complemented by Resolute Capital’s drive and ambition to break out of their domestic market. The two firms worked together to design and then implement the best structure to meet Resolute Capital’s ambitions. The resulting feeder fund structures can be sold internationally, accessing new markets under Midshore’s CompassFunds service as Resolute Capital’s global reach continues to extend.”
Christopher Jehan – Managing Director & Principal Consultant
Read the full release online at the following link:
Resolute Capital Partners Enlists Midshore Consulting Limited to Help Develop and Implement its New International Feeder Fund (prnewswire.com)
Midshore Consulting is hiring a Project Analyst
Today Midshore is excited to announce that due to increasing workloads we are looking to add a Project Analyst to our team. Midshore is looking for a motivated individual to assist our team of consultants with a variety of tasks. If you think this is you, then please take a look at the job specification on this page.
Application deadline: March 28th 2021.
Midshore Consulting launches US joint venture
Midshore Consulting Limited (“Midshore Guernsey”), an award-winning Guernsey-based regulatory consultancy, is pleased to announce the incorporation of a joint venture in the United States of America.
Midshore Consulting USA LLC (“Midshore USA”) has been incorporated in Florida and will be operating throughout North America and the Caribbean. Midshore USA is jointly owned by Midshore Guernsey and Sonya Slater, formerly employed by Investec Asset Management in the global role of Head of Fund Operations.
Sonya was with Investec Asset Management for 34 years and held a variety of roles, including as Director of management companies in both the United Kingdom and Luxembourg and as Conducting Officer for a Luxembourg-based UCITS. In her global role, Sonya managed teams across seven jurisdictions (UK, Luxembourg, Guernsey, USA, South Africa, Hong Kong and Taiwan) with responsibility for funds in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Guernsey, Dublin, USA, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Australia and Mauritius. In 2018, Sonya was nominated and shortlisted by Investment Week for International Investment Woman of the Year.
Christopher Jehan, Managing Director of Midshore Guernsey, said: “Having worked alongside Sonya for many years, it is a pleasure to be working with her again. Our American joint venture aims to feed more US-sourced work into the island, utilising both our services and those of the local financial services sector. As an island we have already seen an increase in business flows from the US, and Guernsey ticks many of the boxes that the Caribbean offshore centres do not.”
Sonya Slater, President of Midshore USA, said: “After a long career with one firm, the time felt right to take a break and then collaborate with Christopher to form a partnership that can create and make a real difference to Investment firms that wish to utilise a practical approach that extends beyond operations, regulation, fund restructuring, distribution and governance.”
