Paxman to pose the questions at funds event

Friday 23 January 2015

Former BBC Newsnight anchor, Jeremy Paxman, will be asking the questions about the prospects for the international funds industry at next month's Jersey Finance funds conference in London.

The annual conference on 19 March will provide an analysis of the current global funds marketplace, the changing regulatory landscape and the role of alternative fund domiciles as the global industry meets the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Mr Paxman will be chairing two panel sessions during the course of the conference and will also make the closing remarks. The CEO at Jersey Finance, Geoff Cook, will introduce the conference.

Mr Cook said: "With funds business in Jersey at its highest level for five years and firm evidence of increasing growth since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) was implemented, the conference arrives at an ideal time in that it will examine in detail the effective and wide ranging role that Jersey is playing in the alternative investment sector through its structuring capabilities, listing services and administrative expertise."

An award-winning journalist who began his career in the 1970s, Mr Paxman worked on BBC news programmes such as Tonight and Panorama before becoming synonymous with Newsnight during a 25-year tenure on the programme. He is the presenter of several documentary series on books he has written about Britain's Empire and The Great War. He is also the quizmaster of University Challenge on BBC2. Most recently, he wrote and presented Churchill: The Nation's Farewell on BBC1.

The conference is designed to appeal to lawyers, fund managers and other UK based senior finance professionals. It takes place on Thursday 19 March at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London, starting at 12.30 pm with a networking lunch and finishing by 7 pm with a drinks reception.