Following release on 1 February 2018 of the draft Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2018 for engagement (see here for the news article), the Commission will be hosting a drop-in session on 22 March 2018 between 8.30am and 9.30am. Please join us to discuss the draft Law and have a coffee and a croissant. The engagement paper in relation to the amendment to the Protection of...
Consultations
The Commission has issued a Feedback Statement regarding the LCF Consultation Paper on the GFSC Citizen Space Consultation Hub. Feedback Statement
Feedback Statement regarding the LCF Consultation Paper
The Commission is seeking feedback on the provisions of the draft Protection of Investors Law and the definitions which are proposed to be used across the revised supervisory laws and specifically whether these may have any unintended consequences or contain fatal flaws. The engagement papers which the Commission has published set out the topics upon which assistance is requested and questions...
Engagement on Draft Protection of Investors Law and proposed definitions
The consultations by the Policy and Resources Committee and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on proposed revisions to the Proceeds of Crime legal and regulatory framework, have closed with more than 70 responses from across the financial and professional services sector. The draft revisions to the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999, the two sets of...
Revisions to the Bailiwick's AML/CFT Framework
Today the Commission issued a Discussion Paper “Guernsey and the Development of Global and European Insurance Capital Standards”, a copy of which can be found here. Comments should be submitted by 20 October 2017.
Commission Issues Insurance Capital Standards Discussion Paper
The Commission today launches a consultation paper (please click here for a copy) on its proposals for the 2018 licence fees paid by firms. The consultation period will close on Friday 8th of September. An overall blended rate of increase of 3%, excluding anomalies, is proposed for 2018. Commission Chairman, Drs Cees Schrauwers, said: "For five years the Commission has kept the average fee...
Commission consults on Fees for 2018
Introduction The Commission is today seeking feedback and assistance from the financial services industry specifically on whether the provisions of the Enforcement Law may have any unintended consequences or fatal flaws. What the engagement is not about The Commission has engaged with the financial services industry through the issuing of a discussion paper and later through a full consultation...
Engagement on Draft Financial Services Business (Enforcement Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017
The Commission is today issuing a consultation paper seeking feedback on a number of regulatory proposals for firms involved in lending, credit and finance. The consultation period will close on Friday 15th September 2017. The proposals contained within the consultation paper have a twofold purpose:- A) Opening up Guernsey to more innovative, often digitally enabled, financial services which don’t...
Lending, Credit and Finance Consultation
The Policy and Resources Committee of the States of Guernsey ("P&R") and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission ("the Commission") are today issuing simultaneously a joint consultation on revisions to the Proceeds of Crime legal and regulatory framework. The revisions bring the Bailiwick's AML/CFT framework into line with international standards issued in 2012 by the Financial Action Task...