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In early January, the Commission will be distributing 2024 annual fee invoices using the generic email address that we hold on record for each licensee and registrant. If you wish to check which email address the Commission holds for your firm, please contact [email protected] quoting the entity name and GFSC reference number, which can be found on our website ( Regulated Entities and Registered...

The Commission has today issued an Explanatory Note regarding the surrender of the authorisation or registration of collective investment schemes. The note clarifies the typical circumstances under which the Commission will consider granting consent to the surrender of a scheme’s authorisation or registration, as required under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (“the...

The Commission plans to increase licence fees paid by firms from 1 January 2024 by 6.3%. 1% less than the figure upon which it consulted. On 26 July 2023, the Commission issued a consultation paper on the fee rates and administrative penalties to apply from 1 January 2024, which contained the following proposals: an overall proposed increase in fees of 7.3%, with the exception of fees introduced...

Third Quarter 2023 Guernsey Funds The total net asset value of Guernsey funds at the end of the quarter was £288.8 billion, an increase over the quarter of £2.8 billion (+1.0%). Over the past year, total net asset values have decreased by £13.9 billon (-4.6%). Closed-ended Schemes Within these totals, Guernsey closed-ended funds increased over the quarter by just under £2.4 billion (+1.0%) to £239...

The Commission is pleased to announce that the States of Guernsey have appointed The Rt Hon The Lord Henley as a new Commissioner. The vacancy arose following the sad death of Baroness Couttie. Oliver Henley is a longstanding member of the House of Lords. He is currently a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. He previously served as a Minister under four Prime Ministers, from Margaret...

On 24 October 2023, the Royal Court handed down a judgment in relation to a Commission matter, which was brought by the appellant s who applied for a stay order in relation to sanctions the Commission planned to impose . The Commission’s action in seeking to oppose this application marks an unusual exception to, rather than a change in, our more habitual approach of being prepared to entertain...

The Commission has become aware of a possible phishing attempt being sent to some of its licensees purporting to be from the Commission. If you have received an email from the Commission and you are unsure of its authenticity, please do not click on any links or attachments and instead forward it to [email protected] . The Commission sends its emails from the domain ending “gfsc.gg” and the email...

On the 26th day of September 2023, the Commission imposed a discretionary financial penalty as follows: Mrs Linda Dowding (“Mrs Dowding”) a financial penalty of £40,000. Further, on the above date, the Commission imposed a prohibition as follows: Mrs Dowding is prohibited from holding the position of shareholder, controller, director, partner, manager, money laundering reporting officer and money...

The Commission has today issued in final form guidance for registered directors on their anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing obligations. No changes have been made to the text from the draft guidance issued on 9 August 2023. Registered directors are remined that the AML/CFT obligations upon them, which are contained in Schedule 3 of the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (...