Jersey Finance will be commissioning independent research into the value that the industry brings to UK pension funds, and working to enhance the perception of the industry in Jersey, as part of its 2017 marketing plan.

An overview of the plan was presented to more than 300 industry professionals and politicians at Jersey Finance’s Annual Review breakfast event, held at Hotel de France on Friday 27 January. Geoff Cook, chief executive of Jersey Finance, said that 2016 had been a record breaking year, with funds business in Jersey reaching its highest level since 2008 and the Island now the world’s sixth largest hedge fu...