Speaking at the Jersey Finance Private Wealth Conference in London yesterday (27/04/2016), the promotional body’s chief executive, Geoff Cook, told delegates that global "complications" means there remains continued demand for Jersey’s wealth management expertise.

Positioning itself as "risk aware" rather than risk averse, Mr Cook said that increases in the number of millionaires (up some two to three percent this year) and continued wealth creation – especially in the US (eight percent) and Asia (8.6 percent) – meant concerns such as low energy costs, Chinese wo...