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HM Treasury has renewed the final designation of two entities under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010. The entities therefore remain Designated Persons for the purposes of the Act. Details of the individuals are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652076/TAFA_Renewal_Notice.pdf Persons who are the subject of a designation under and...

Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017, the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2017, and the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2017, has been amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1836, Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1858 and Council Implementing...

As part of our ongoing commitment to World Investor Week, a global campaign promoted by IOSCO to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection, the GFSC is pleased to publish a Pensions Helpsheet, which can be found here. The helpsheet highlights a number of areas which consumers should focus on when considering their pensions arrangements. Gillian Browning, Director of...

World Investor Week 2017 World Investor Week is a global campaign promoted by IOSCO to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection and highlight the various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas. From 2-8 October 2017, IOSCO securities regulators and other IOSCO members on six continents will provide a range of activities, such as launching...

Representatives of the Commission met today in Sark with representatives of Sark’s Chief Pleas. The meeting had been arranged to enable the Commission to provide updates on a variety of regulatory matters including the recent introduction of pensions’ regulation, the Commission’s experience of innovation within the financial services industry and the Commission’s general approach to investigations...

“The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc. (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Pensions Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2017 (“the Regulation”) has been approved by the Policy and Resources Committee amending the definition of “gratuity scheme” contained within section 2(1)(e) of the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc...

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...

By way of background, Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”) are a method of raising funds by the issuance of digital tokens or digital coins in a virtual currency. The operators of the ICO may explain that the proceeds are to be used to fund the development of a project which might itself be a form of digital service or associated software. Although no such schemes have been noted to have been launched...

Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017, the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2017, and the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2017, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1568. The effect of the amendments, which are automatically...