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The Commission announces updated Prospectus Rules

10th June 2025
Following consultation with industry earlier this year, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission is announcing updates to the Prospectus Rules. The updated Prospectus Rules, 2025, which will come into effect on 1 July 2025, aim to provide enhanced clarity and to standardise some requirements to ensure that the Bailiwick’s investment and funds proposition is as accessible and as simple to use as...

The Commission’s approach to crypto currency funds

9th June 2025
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is open to innovation and is committed to creating an enabling environment where good business can grow. The Commission recognises that crypto has been evolving, and some crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, appear to be entering a more mature period. Guernsey, as a long standing and experienced funds centre, considers that collective investment schemes...

Guernsey performs well in global peer review of enterprise risk management for solvency purposes

4th June 2025
The Bailiwick of Guernsey has achieved a good result in a recent International Association of Insurance Supervisors (“IAIS”) peer review process (“PRP”) focused on how insurers manage risk relating to solvency. This result confirms the earlier findings of the IAIS Member Assessment Programme published in 2019 . The objective of the IAIS PRP is a point-in-time assessment to deepen awareness of the...

Investment Statistics Summary First Quarter 2025

4th June 2025
Guernsey Funds The total net asset value of Guernsey funds at the end of the quarter was £278.6 billion, a decrease over the quarter of £11.5 billion (-3.9%). Over the past year, total net asset values have decreased by £13.9 billion (-4.7%). Closed-ended Schemes Within these totals, Guernsey closed-ended funds decreased over the quarter by £5.5 billion (-2.3%) to just under £232.8 billion. This...

Sanctions Notice - Russia

28th May 2025
Please be advised that details in respect of the following individuals/entities, which have been designated under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 , have been amended: Igor Borisovich BYSTROV (Unique ID: RUS2626) SHANGHAI NEW CHESS INT'L LOGISTICS CO., LTD. (Unique ID: RUS2617) SHANGHAI NEW CHESS CO., LTD. (Unique ID: RUS2618) MT-SYSTEMS LLC (Unique ID: RUS2620) ATOMA LLC (Unique...

Sanctions Notice - Russia

28th May 2025
Please be advised that details in respect of the following individual, who has been designated under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 , have been amended: Michel LITVAK (UNIQUE ID: RUS2410) The above individual is still subject to an asset freeze and trust services sanctions. The individual referred to above appears on the UK’s consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK...

Sanctions Notice - ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

28th May 2025
Please be advised that the following person, previously designated under the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations), has been removed from the consolidated list and is no longer subject to an asset freeze : LIONEL DUMONT (Group ID: AQD0217) The consolidated list has been updated and can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect within the...

Sanctions Notice - ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

28th May 2025
Please be advised that amendments have been made to the details of the following persons/entities which are designated under the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations) – AL-ZAWAHIRI AIMAN MUHAMMED RABI (Unique ID: AQD0126) ASHOUR AL-FADHLI Mushin Fadhil Ayed (Unique ID: AQD0265) ABDEL RAHMAN ABD ALLAH MOHAMED RAGAB (Unique ID: AQD0090) AHMED ZAKI...

Sanctions Notice - Zimbabwe

27th May 2025
Please be advised that the following persons/entities have been removed from the UK Zimbabwe financial sanctions regime and are no longer subject to an asset freeze: Owen NCUBE (Unique ID: ZIM0004) Anselem Nhamo SANYATWE (Unique ID: ZIM0005 Godwin MATANGA (Unique ID: ZIM0006) Isaac MOYO (Unique ID: ZIM0007) Zimbabwe Defence Industries (Unique ID: ZIM0003) The consolidated list has been updated and...