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​ESMA has today confirmed its positive advice to the EU Commission regarding the extension of the AIFMD passport to Guernsey ( click here). In its advice ESMA states “that there are no significant obstacles regarding investor protection, competition, market disruption and the monitoring of systemic risk impeding the application of the AIFMD passport to Guernsey.” Guernsey is one of just five...

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​Guernsey’s financial services regulator has published a consultation paper following a decision made by the States of Guernsey in January of this year to increase the discretionary financial penalties which the Commission is able to apply in cases where there have been serious regulatory shortcomings (Billet d’Etat V of 2016 https://www.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=99971&p=0). The legislation...

​The Commission has recently become aware that a number of firms using our Online Services are using software that is no longer supported by the manufacturer and is therefore classed as end-of-life. Software manufacturers do not ordinarily provide security updates (commonly known as patches) for software that is unsupported. As noted in the Commission’s guidance on cyber security (published on 2nd...

Guernsey’s financial services regulator has published a guidance note on its general approach to the enforcement process which it administers. This brings together the extensive public guidance which is already available on the Commission’s website. The paper has been published in response to a decision made by the States of Guernsey in January of this year requiring the Commission to publish such...

​ Further to the Commission’s news release of 16 March 2016 concerning the release of Returns 141a and 141b for submission effective quarter ending 31 March 2016. These returns were due to be made accessible from 1 April 2016, however, we have during the final go live process been deliberating the usefulness of the data we have traditionally collated around sub-funds. As a result we have decided...

​ With reference to the Commission’s news release of 16 March 2016 the Return 145 will be available via the Online Submission Portal from 1 April 2016. The Commission has issued guidance on how to complete the Return 145. The guidance is in the form of annotated screenshots for each of the Investment Licensee sectors. Guidance on the Investment Quarterly Return 145 As stated on 16 March 2016 the...

​ Investment Designated Manager Statistical Quarterly Return 141a and 141b [Formerly Form NST] Further to the Commission's news release of 8 January 2016, Returns 141a Investment Designated Manager Quarterly Return and 141b Multi-scheme Designated Manager Quarterly Return will be released on 20 March 2016 ready for use via the Online Submission Portal for the quarter ending 31 March 2016. The...

The Commission has today reissued the Code of Corporate Governance (“the Code”) to include an appendix containing principles applicable to Licensed Insurers which come into effect for financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2016. The introduction to the Code contains some minor updates necessary to insert the new appendix but the Code, guidance and the existing appendices 1 and 2 remain...