Supporting a comprehensive program of enhancements across Jersey’s regulatory landscape to boost its competitiveness will form a critical aspect of Jersey Finance’s plans in 2026.
These priorities were outlined by speakers at the organisation’s recent Global Horizons event.
Held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, the event was attended by around 250 finance industry professionals and provided a platform to highlight Jersey Finance’s priorities for the coming year and beyond.
Looking at the current landscape, CEO Joe Moynihan (pictured) and Deputy CEO Amy Bryant pointed in particular to how global dynamics were shifting with financial markets increasingly influenced by geopolitical instability, while competition among international finance centres (IFCs) had intensified. They outlined the broad priorities for the year ahead, including:
- Continuing to focus on enhancing Jersey’s reputation as a stable IFC in key international markets, including the US, UK, South Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia
- Collaboration and engagement with other bodies, including the Jersey Financial Services Commission, Government of Jersey and Digital Jersey
- Supporting progress of the Government of Jersey’s competitiveness program, with a clear focus on making it easier to do business in Jersey, including streamlining Jersey’s funds framework and enhancing its companies and trusts legislation
- Ensuring the long-term future of Jersey as an IFC through embedding its sustainable finance credentials, developing its fintech and AI capabilities, and ensuring the workforce is equipped for the future
In addition, Jersey Finance’s senior management team took part in a panel session, further exploring the opportunities for Jersey’s finance industry, including growing the jurisdiction’s appeal for high-quality sophisticated family offices, providing solutions to support the convergences between the private wealth and funds sectors and developing a leading framework for digital assets.
Speakers also highlighted an ongoing piece of work set to be published later this year aimed at quantifying the positive impact of Jersey’s finance industry in the local economy and on the local community.
Commenting on their plans for 2026, CEO of Jersey Finance – which marks its 25th anniversary as an organisation this year – Joe Moynihan said: “In many ways, 2025 saw a continuance of trends in the macro environment, in particular a tendency towards geopolitical instability. That has placed a premium on the stable, secure and safe environment Jersey offers as an IFC. But it has also been accompanied by heightened competition in the IFC market that has really shifted the dial.
“The reality is that it is now Jersey’s privilege to host and serve high-quality financial flows. With that in mind, it is really important that as an industry we actively work against complacency, leverage our partnerships, and adapt where we need to. We’ll see that in a number of ways through 2026 as we move at pace to enhance our competitiveness.
“In tandem with the Government’s Competitiveness Program, we are also continuing to progress our own Vision 2050 initiative to ensure the long-term success of our industry, with a focus on talent, innovation, technology and collaboration. We are seeing good progress already as a result of these initiatives through the evolution of our services and products, such as the changes to the Jersey Private Fund regime.”
