It’s been five years since we established a presence in New York. This month, we organised and participated in a series of events and networking engagements across the US.
Our schedule began in New York, then headed west to San Francisco and Los Angeles, with our Americas Lead, Philip Pirecki, and Head of Funds, Elliot Refson, flying the flag for Jersey. We were also due to host a networking engagement Miami, but Hurricane Helene had other ideas and this will now take place on 10 December 2024.
In New York, we partnered with IFI Global. The theme was asset tokenisation and its impact on private asset fund distribution. The topic garnered lots of interest from the 70+ audience members and prompted lively debate. A recording of the IFI Global event is now available. In San Francisco, we sponsored the Markets Group’s Annual Private Equity Forum. The two-day event provided the opportunity to meet representatives from US and international pension funds, foundations, endowments, fund of funds, family offices, wealth managers, consultants and sovereign wealth funds. We also hosted smaller engagements for invited guests in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
All events were excellent opportunities to develop connections and highlight Jersey’s expertise through insightful discussions with investment managers, lawyers and service providers. The dominant themes in all locations were the tokenisation of real-world assets (and funds) and the impact of artificial intelligence on financial services.
New guidance by the Jersey Financial Services Commission focussing on the growing trend of asset tokenisation was of interest to many. A key takeaway was the fact that Jersey treats tokenisation in the same way as securitisation vehicles, so it’s a solution that is proven, flexible and has regulatory clarity. Learn more about Jersey as a jurisdiction for securitising real-world assets.
Our US events calendar will be busy again in December with several events in Miami. View all of our events around the world.
The photograph above was taken at the Markets Group’s Annual Private Equity San Francisco Forum. Pictured from left to right are: Philip Pirecki, Jersey Finance; Archie Irtizaali, Zedra; Elliot Refson, Jersey Finance; and Mark Cleary of Zedra.
For more insights from North America, read Philip’s recent article: ‘A US Perspective: Continued Trends and Transformations’.