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Claire Solon speaks the truth. The fact is that we need substantial international capital investment to sustain the building of at least 50,000 units a year in Ireland and responsible long term investment should be made welcome and facilitated.

Channel Islands and Isle of Man update The financial landscape of the Crown Dependencies – Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man – is undergoing transformation amidst regulatory evaluations, emerging opportunities in sustainable finance, and evolving global market demands. Although the term ‘Crown Dependencies’ can often cause debate as the islands generate their own prosperity. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eCSzA3_2 Subscribe to the Citywealth Weekly Newsletter to learn more about Private Wealth Management: https://lnkd.in/dS2Sw9ey Mirek Gruna IQ-EQ Cerisse Fisher Collas Crill Joe Moynihan Jersey Finance Nick Marshall Nicolle Marshall LLP | Jersey Adam Fellows Walkers Sarah Bartram-Lora Reina Stonehage Fleming Jersey Association of Trust Companies Michael Crowe Finance Isle of Man

Melior Equity Partners is plotting an “ambitious expansion” after taking a majority stake in Blair's Holiday Parks, with plans to double the size of the business in the next five years. https://lnkd.in/eE7Z7aaP

Fairway’s Alistair Rothwell, Chief Executive Officer, was recently invited by Citywealth to give his thoughts on current trends that he is seeing in the Crown Dependencies: Alistair Rothwell, CEO and Co-Founder of the Fairway Group a trust, funds and pensions fiduciary based in Jersey, who has been working within the offshore finance industry since 1992, says, “At Fairway, we’re seeing a real uptick in managed services enquiries as businesses navigate the growing complexities of corporate governance. The rising focus and cost burden of compliance are driving both startups and established enterprises to seek robust solutions to operations and ensure they meet international best practice. Additionally, we’re witnessing a notable trend towards consolidation, with families restructuring existing entities into Private Trust Companies (PTCs), and sometimes even Managed Trust Companies (MTCs). This approach provides families with greater involvement in decision-making and often serves as a stepping stone towards setting up a family office, which may, or may not, have a physical presence in the Island.” Read the full article > https://lnkd.in/eCSzA3_2 #CrownDependencies #Citywealth

Considering adding private/alternatives to your portfolios? Do you even have diversified access to this asset class? Harbourfront has been in the "game" for over a decade. All informal discussion welcome. Meanwhile read what our CIO has to say. We are "In the future today"

Baillie Gifford UK Growth trust exits Hargreaves Lansdown over ‘management missteps’. Baillie Gifford’s UK Growth trust has exited its longstanding position in Hargreaves Lansdown after growing tired of the investment platform’s returns in recent years. Check out Linus Uhlig's latest article 👇  https://incm.pub/418bfww #investing #assetmanagement #wealthmanagement #finance

💡 What's the right allocation to alternatives? It depends on the client, says Theresa Shutt, CFA, Chief Investment Officer at Harbourfront Wealth, in a new interview with The Globe and Mail. 📊 Harbourfront's independent investment advisors can access private credit, private equity, and private real estate opportunities for their clients. 🔗 Read more (for subscribers): https://lnkd.in/gqfckCgk

Essex-based housing association CHP has secured its first private placement in a £150m deal with five investors across the UK and North America to invest in new and existing homes. Michael Lloyd reports https://lnkd.in/e2hEmJpU Newbridge Advisors LLP Devonshires Pinsent Masons JLL M&G plc Lloyds Securities Inc. Nabsecurities, LLC

This is a long but illuminating read which lays out how the regulation of the Water industry hhas been so ineffective. Why has the regualtion failed? - it was badly designed. Who designed that regulatory structure? Why does the regulation only apply to one company in the group? The law/ regulation could have/ should have been designed differently.  I wonder if the other water companies are in similar structures.

Can stock market listing lead to better governance? Nils Pratley raises interesting arguments about possible benefits in listing Thames Water. Could these benefits apply elsewhere? The last two decades have witnessed the disappearance of listed British manufacturing companies into foreign ownership including private equity. Company chairmen have been lauded at creating shareholder value by such disposals. It strikes me that we need to address the duties of directors before entrusting our national infrastructure to the market? Best long-term plan for Thames Water is to get it back on the stock market https://lnkd.in/es7peyF8