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Financial & Fiduciary

208 active businesses12 niches across 10 sectors

Two hundred and eight finance and fiduciary firms across ten sub-sectors, 186 in St Peter Port. Corporate services leads with 52 entries, 45 trust and fiduciary houses follow, 42 insurance firms sit alongside 39 investment managers and 22 fund administrators. Private banking carries 19 — HSBC trading since 1865, Lloyds the newest in 2016. —

From the census · Chapter 8 of 16 Read the full chapter →

192 organisations are counted with Financial & Fiduciary as their primary sector — 5% of everything with a sector on record, and the 8th largest of 16. An estimated 84% of the sector is counted, measured against an independent listing rather than assumed.

The 208 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 own89%Counted over all 192 active organisations171 of 192, against 67% island-wide — 22 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 Port90%A parish on record for 191 of 192 organisations (99%)171 of the 191 whose parish is on record — a concentration of 2.09 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 155 of 192 organisations (81%)Median across the 155 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 126 of 192 Financial & Fiduciary organisations (66%)

Guernsey124 98%UK52 41%Jersey45 36%Isle of Man28 22%Luxembourg19 15%Hong Kong17 13%Switzerland16 13%Cayman Islands15 12%Ireland15 12%Singapore14 11%USA14 11%Malta13 10%Mauritius11 9%Middle East10 8%BVI9 7%UAE9 7%Bahamas6 5%France6 5%Cyprus5 4%Bermuda4 3%
Guernsey124 98%UK52 41%Jersey45 36%Isle of Man28 22%Luxembourg19 15%Hong Kong17 13%Switzerland16 13%Cayman Islands15 12%Ireland15 12%Singapore14 11%USA14 11%Malta13 10%Mauritius11 9%Middle East10 8%BVI9 7%UAE9 7%Bahamas6 5%France6 5%Cyprus5 4%Bermuda4 3%
Jurisdictions covered — Financial & Fiduciary — Jurisdictions covered on record for 126 of 192 Financial & Fiduciary organisations (66%)
Jurisdictions coveredOrganisationsShare
Guernsey12498%
UK5241%
Jersey4536%
Isle of Man2822%
Luxembourg1915%
Hong Kong1713%
Switzerland1613%
Cayman Islands1512%
Ireland1512%
Singapore1411%
USA1411%
Malta1310%
Mauritius119%
Middle East108%
BVI97%
UAE97%
Bahamas65%
France65%
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

52
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Fifty-two firms, 47 in St Peter Port — company administration (24), corporate governance (21), and formation (20) lead.

Trust & Fiduciary

45
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Forty-five trustees and fiduciaries, 41 of them in St Peter Port — Albany (1970) the oldest, the newest licensed 2023.

Insurance

42
3 niches

Forty-two firms, 39 in St Peter Port — brokers, commercial and medical underwriters, and an eight-strong captive-management cluster.

Investment Management

39
1 niche

Thirty-nine firms, all but one in St Peter Port — twelve naming investment management, ten wealth management, six discretionary.

Fund Administration

22
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Twenty-two fund administrators, almost all in St Peter Port — global groups alongside independents, the oldest dating to 1899.

Private Banking

19
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Nineteen private banks, all in St Peter Port — HSBC on the island since 1865, Lloyds Corporate Markets the newest in 2016.

Pension Services

15
1 niche

Fifteen firms clustered in St Peter Port — eight pension administrators, seven QROPS specialists, six with international pension plans.

Regulatory & Compliance

14
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Fourteen regulatory and compliance firms — nine in St Peter Port, weighted toward outsourced MLRO/MLCO roles and GFSC-liaison work.

Financial Advisory & Planning

13
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Thirteen advisory firms — Network Insurance trading since 1965, Titan Wealth incorporated 2021 — ten in St Peter Port.

Payment Services & FX

1
Few entries

One provider on the island: BATIF Bureau de Change, a Guernsey Post division exchanging 50+ currencies for over 25 years.

Other businesses in this category4

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

  • Black Horse Offshore Limited
    Financial services provider; ceased new loans from November 2025
  • Guernsey Investment & Funds Association (GIFA)
    Trade association for investment funds; established 1989, member of GIBA
  • Reto Finance
    GFSC-licensed credit provider; personal, property, motor, business loans
  • The International Stock Exchange
    stock exchange operator; 4,500+ listed securities, £750 billion market value