Fund and asset management · BVI FSC
BVI approved manager and investment business licensing (FSC)
The British Virgin Islands offers one of the most practical routes for an emerging manager, through an approved manager regime designed for firms below defined size limits managing BVI and comparable funds. It is the reason so many first-time funds are structured here.
The regulator
The BVI Financial Services Commission regulates investment business under its securities legislation, with the approved manager route giving lighter ongoing obligations to smaller managers. Anti-money-laundering and economic substance supervision have tightened materially after international review.
What the licence permits
Regulated under the BVI FSC
- Manage BVI and recognised foreign funds
- Operate under the approved manager regime where eligible
- Pair management with BVI fund and corporate structures
- Serve international professional investors
Who it suits
First-time and emerging managers launching a fund with professional investors, who need a recognised structure without an onshore cost base.
Market access
International recognition among professional and institutional investors familiar with offshore structures. EU marketing runs through national private placement.
What to weigh
The approved manager route has eligibility limits, and outgrowing them means a different permission. Plan the transition before the fund reaches the threshold.
We run the British Virgin Islands application end to end
Whether you build from new or acquire an existing licensed entity, BrokLicense handles incorporation, the regulator application, the AML and compliance framework, safeguarding and banking arrangements, and the operating stack. You stay the principal. We do the work, in confidence, and stay on for compliance once you are live.
Cost, capital, and timelines depend on your model and are set out in a first consultation, under NDA, not published here.
Other permissions in British Virgin Islands
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- The MiFID Investment Firm Licence: What the Permissions Actually CoverA MiFID licence is not one permission but a set you choose from. The combination you pick sets your capital, your obligations, and your supervisory weight.
- Licensing an Investment-Management Firm: What Changes When You Manage Other People's MoneyRunning an asset or portfolio manager sits under a different permission than broking. Here is what the licence covers and what regulators expect.
- EU Passporting Explained: One Licence, Thirty MarketsA single EU investment-firm licence works across the whole European Economic Area. Here is how passporting works and why it shapes where firms base.
Fund and asset management in other Americas jurisdictions
- United StatesSEC / state regulators
- CanadaProvincial securities commissions
- Cayman IslandsCIMA
- BahamasSCB
Discuss your mandate in confidence
Every engagement begins under a mutual NDA. Set out the firm you intend to operate and the timeline you are working to, and you leave the first consultation with a recommended jurisdiction, the route to the licence, and a defined scope of work.
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