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Financial & Fiduciary

223 active businesses12 niches across 10 sectors

One hundred and forty-eight finance and fiduciary firms across ten sub-sectors — 88 of them in corporate services (46) or trust and fiduciary (42). Then 31 in insurance, 26 in private banking, and clusters of 20 or fewer in advisory, investment management, pensions, funds, compliance, and payments. All but eighteen sit in St Peter Port. —

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192 organisations are counted with Financial & Fiduciary as their primary sector — 6% of everything with a sector on record, and the 8th largest of 16. An estimated 82% of the sector is counted, measured against an independent listing rather than assumed.

The 223 listed on this page and the 192 counted above are different claims, not a discrepancy: this page lists everyone who works in Financial & Fiduciary; the census counts those whose primary sector it is.

Financial & Fiduciary organisations with a website of their own90%Counted over all 192 active organisations173 of 192, against 67% island-wide — 23 points above the island rate, the highest own-site rate of the 15 sectors where it can be counted. Verified from published evidence; businesses without a web presence are under-represented.
Share of parish-known Financial & Fiduciary based in St Peter Port87%A parish on record for 191 of 192 organisations (99%)166 of the 191 whose parish is on record — a concentration of 2.03 against the parish's share of everything counted, the highest parish concentration of the 9 sectors where it can be counted.
Capabilities on record for the typical mapped organisation8A capability on record for 151 of 192 organisations (79%)Median across the 151 with any capability on record, against 3 island-wide, the highest median capability count of the 15 sectors where it can be counted. Depth is partly a fact about the taxonomy the sector draws on, not only about what its firms sell.
Jurisdictions covered#hub-signature-sector-specific ⧉

Jurisdictions covered — Financial & Fiduciary

Jurisdictions covered on record for 133 of 192 Financial & Fiduciary organisations (69%)

Guernsey130 98%UK52 39%Jersey46 35%Isle of Man29 22%Luxembourg19 14%Hong Kong17 13%Switzerland16 12%Cayman Islands15 11%Ireland15 11%USA15 11%Singapore14 11%Malta13 10%Mauritius11 8%Middle East10 8%BVI9 7%UAE9 7%France7 5%Bahamas6 5%Cyprus5 4%Bermuda4 3%
Guernsey130 98%UK52 39%Jersey46 35%Isle of Man29 22%Luxembourg19 14%Hong Kong17 13%Switzerland16 12%Cayman Islands15 11%Ireland15 11%USA15 11%Singapore14 11%Malta13 10%Mauritius11 8%Middle East10 8%BVI9 7%UAE9 7%France7 5%Bahamas6 5%Cyprus5 4%Bermuda4 3%
Jurisdictions covered — Financial & Fiduciary — Jurisdictions covered on record for 133 of 192 Financial & Fiduciary organisations (69%)
Jurisdictions coveredOrganisationsShare
Guernsey13098%
UK5239%
Jersey4635%
Isle of Man2922%
Luxembourg1914%
Hong Kong1713%
Switzerland1612%
Cayman Islands1511%
Ireland1511%
USA1511%
Singapore1411%
Malta1310%
Mauritius118%
Middle East108%
BVI97%
UAE97%
France75%
Bahamas65%
Cyprus54%
Bermuda43%

Verified from published evidence; businesses without a web presence are under-represented. A firm that serves one of these without publishing the fact is not counted here, so every row is a floor.

The full Financial & Fiduciary chapter — sub-sectors, parishes, capabilities, digital presence and coverage →

Corporate Services

73
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Forty-six of 147 financial-fiduciary firms — 42 in St Peter Port, company administration the dominant specialism (39).

Trust & Fiduciary

56
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Forty-two firms, 38 in St Peter Port — trustee services (30), trust admin (28), and family office work (28) the core.

Insurance

42
3 niches

Thirty-one firms — high-street brokers in St Peter Port alongside an eight-strong captive-management cluster serving global clients.

Investment Management

42
1 niche

Nineteen firms manage money on island, eighteen in St Peter Port — group-owned wealth arms, independents, and Utmost's life-linked pair.

Financial Advisory & Planning

30
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Twenty firms, three-quarters in St Peter Port — the oldest traces to 1823, the newest opened 2021; ten do financial planning.

Fund Administration

25
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Sixteen firms, all but one in St Peter Port — global fund groups with trillion-dollar parents alongside independent boutiques.

Private Banking

25
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Twenty-six private banks and wealth firms — all but one in St Peter Port, anchored by Cazenove (1823) and a Swiss-banking cluster of six.

Pension Services

23
1 niche

Eighteen firms — sixteen in St Peter Port — weighted toward cross-border pension administration (RATS, QROPS, international plans).

Regulatory & Compliance

23
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Fourteen firms — five global-network accountancies (PwC, EY, KPMG, BDO, Moore Stephens) alongside nine boutique compliance houses.

Payment Services & FX

11
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Ten firms — seven international bank branches and three bureau de change operations, nine in St Peter Port.

Other businesses in this category3

Tagged in Financial & Fiduciary but not in one of the sectors above.

  • Adrian Welch Finance Brokers
    Finance brokers — personal, commercial, asset, and property loans.
  • Guernsey Investment & Funds Association (GIFA)
    Trade association for funds and investment management — advocacy and education.
  • The International Stock Exchange
    Stock exchange — bonds, REITs, sustainable finance, private markets