Articles from 2024

Please be advised that the details of the following entries have been corrected on the consolidated list : Eduard Vitalevich BENDERSKIY (Group ID: 16584) Aleksey Evgenyevich SHCHETININ (Group ID: 16586) Dmitriy Alekseyevich SLOBODSKOY (Group ID: 16581) Maksim Viktorovich YAKUBETS (Group ID: 16583) All are designated under the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations) and...

The Commission wishes to remind all financial services businesses and prescribed businesses that the 2024 Financial Crime Risk Return (“the FCRR”) is due for submission by 31 October 2024. Please note that for financial services businesses the FCRR is subject to late and inaccurate filing penalties. Firms which are required to complete the FCRR will find it available via the Commission’s Online...

Please be advised that the following entity: CJSC Alfa Bank Belarus (Group ID: 16597) has been designated under The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations) and is now subject to an asset freeze. The entity referred to above appears on the UK’s consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under the...

On 11 September 2024, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and Guernsey Finance hosted Finovation: The Guernsey Edge at Beau Sejour Leisure Centre. Attendees heard how Guernsey could leverage its unique position to harness technology in driving growth and improving efficiency. The Commission is pleased to provide recordings of the day's sessions, along with slides (where available): Welcome...

Please be advised that the following persons: Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets (Unique ID: CYB0048) Igor Olegovich Turashev (Unique ID: CYB0049) Denis Igorevich Gusev (Unique ID: CYB0050) Dmitry Konstantinovich Smirnov (Unique ID: CYB0051) Artem Viktorovich Yakubets (Unique ID: CYB0052) Ivan Dmitryevich Tuchkov (Unique ID: CYB0053) Andrey Vechislavovich Plotnitskiy (Unique ID: CYB0054) Dmitry...

Please be advised that the following individuals have been designated under the Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations) and are now subject to an asset freeze : Luckson Elan (Group ID: 16596) Prophane Victor (Group ID: 16595) The individuals referred to above appear on the UK’s consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick...

Please be advised that the details of the following entry: Ri Pyong Chul (Group ID: 13572) who is designated under the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations) has been amended. The person referred to above is still subject to an asset freeze and appears on the consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission was pleased to host the plenary meeting of the International Organisation of Securities Commission’s (IOSCO) European Regional Committee (ERC) in Guernsey today (Wednesday 18 September 2024). More than 55 people attended the committee meeting, with the committee having more than 50 member jurisdictions. During the meeting, ERC members addressed and shared...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has today issued a Consultation Paper seeking comments from interested parties on the creation of a new set of rules and associated guidance to be made under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (“the POI Law”) – The Regulated Investment Exchange Operator Rules and Guidance (“the RIEO Rules”). The RIEO Rules are intended to...