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The Guernsey Financial Services Commission’s address has changed. From today (Tuesday 6 May 2025), all visitors should come to the Commission’s reception on the ground floor of Regency Court on Glategny Esplanade in St Peter Port. The Commission's postal address has also changed. All post should now be sent to: Guernsey Financial Services Commission, Regency Court, Glategny Esplanade, St Peter...

Following five months of industry testing, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission is delighted to announce the Beta release of its new online Applications and Authorisations Portal. The new portal, also known as the A&A Portal, will streamline the applications and authorisations process through a secure, online platform, making it significantly easier for people to start financial services...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is pleased to announce a new partnership in financial literacy with “EDUCFI”, the French National Financial Literacy Strategy operated by Banque de France, the French central bank, in order to provide unbiased, easy-to-read, quality material designed to help local people understand financial matters more easily. The partnership will see the Commission...

More than 500 industry representatives joined the Commission on Tuesday 11 March at Beau Sejour Leisure Centre for its 2025 Industry Conference “Looking ahead - enhancing the Bailiwick through innovation, simplicity and ease of use.” Attendees heard updates on the banking and insurance, and investment, fiduciary and pension sectors, including key trends and what’s on the horizon, and learnt more...

From Tuesday 6 May 2025, visitors to the Guernsey Financial Services Commission should come to the Commission’s reception and new meeting rooms at Regency Court on Glategny Esplanade in St Peter Port. Director General William Mason, said: “Whilst we have restricted the growth in our staff numbers over the last 12 years to a greater extent than many of our peers in other jurisdictions, our numbers...

Drawing on their own experiences of becoming financially independent, four graduate analysts from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission gave a talk to Blanchelande College sixth form students last week. The talk, which coincided with Global Money Week (17-23 March 2025) – an OECD initiative to improve the financial literacy of young people, covered key financial terms, budgeting, debt...

Guernsey Funds The total net asset value of Guernsey funds at the end of the quarter was £290.1 billion, an increase over the quarter of £1.3 billion (+0.5%). Over the past year, total net asset values have changed by less than 0.1% with an increase of £0.1 billion. Closed-ended Schemes Within these totals, Guernsey closed-ended funds decreased over the quarter by £0.5 billion (-0.2%) to £238.3...

There’s less than two weeks until the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, Guernsey Finance and the Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA) come together to share insights on Guernsey as an international finance centre for prospective deputies. Anyone considering standing in the 2025 Guernsey General Election is invited to join the one-hour session being held from 12.30pm to 1.30pm...

The Commission has today issued two thematic reports on Client Money arrangements for the Investment and Fiduciary sectors. The Commission found that firms utilise a robust control environment to appropriately segregate and reconcile Client Money, thus ensuring its safety. We also found that the vast majority of licensees hold Client Money with Approved Banks. Whilst we recognise that access to...