Fund and asset management · GFSC
Gibraltar fund manager and experienced investor fund licensing (GFSC)
Gibraltar built a fund sector around its experienced investor fund vehicle, which can be established efficiently for professional investors under a regulator that knows the product intimately. Brexit removed EEA passporting, which changed who the jurisdiction is for rather than whether it works.
The regulator
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission is small, accessible, and experienced with alternative fund structures. It expects genuine local presence, which on a territory of this size is straightforward to verify.
What the licence permits
Regulated under the GFSC
- Manage funds established in Gibraltar
- Establish experienced investor funds for professional investors
- Provide discretionary management under Gibraltar authorisation
- Operate in an English-speaking common law jurisdiction
Who it suits
Managers raising from UK and international professional investors who value speed and direct access to their regulator.
Market access
Access to UK and international professional investors. There is no EEA marketing passport, so EU distribution runs through national private placement or an EU manager.
What to weigh
The local talent pool is small and EU distribution now takes work that used to be automatic. Managers whose capital is European should weigh an EEA domicile instead.
We run the Gibraltar 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 Gibraltar
Related reading
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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 Europe jurisdictions
- United KingdomFCA
- ItalyBanca d'Italia / CONSOB
- GermanyBaFin
- SpainCNMV
- AustriaFMA
- IrelandCentral Bank of Ireland
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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