Jersey

Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands, self-governing and outside the United Kingdom, operating its own legal system of Norman origin rather than English common law. Finance is the largest part of the economy by a wide margin.

The island specialises in institutional and expert investor funds rather than retail, with private equity, real estate and credit the bulk of it. One body regulates the industry and keeps the company registry, which is unusual and shortens the path from incorporation to authorisation.