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The Commission has today published a short guide which explains what risk based supervision is and what it means for licensees. Please click here . At its core, risk based supervision accepts the premise that resources are finite, that there is no unlimited pool of public or industry funding on which to draw and that every regulator has to make choices about what it will do and what it will not do...

F ollowing-on from the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (“AIFMD”) and the issuance by the Commission of the Article 36 of AIFMD Depositary Requirements Guidance Notes, we undertook to review the Incorrect Pricing of Authorised Collective Investment Schemes – Guidance Notes on Correction and Compensation which have been in force in their current format for some years. The review was...

Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick's sanctions regime which are set out below. These developments concern sanctions relating to Terrorist Financing, Al-Qaida, Libya and Iran. TERRORISM AND TERRORIST FINANCING HM Treasury has revoked the final designation of one individual under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010. The individual is...

Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick's sanctions regime which are set out below. These developments concern sanctions relating to Iran, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Network. IRAN Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Iran (Restrictive Measures)...

The Financial Services Commission (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 as amended ("the Financial Services Commission Law") The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, as amended (“the Fiduciaries Law”) The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2007 as amended...

Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick's sanctions regime which are set out below. These developments concern sanctions relating to Iran – Nuclear Proliferation. In recognition of the steps taken by Iran to comply with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed 6 months ago with the E3/EU+3, amendments have been made to Council Regulation...

On 15 January 2016 the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) issued its report on the Fourth Assessment on the Bailiwick of Guernsey's Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism controls. The report shows that Guernsey has made major progress against the evolving international...

Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick's sanctions regime which are set out below. These developments concern two separate sanctions notices relating to ISIL and the Al-Qaida Network. ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Network The United Nations Security Council has deleted one individual from the list of persons associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...

A Thematic Report on Fiduciary Decision Making in Respect of Assets Under Trust is now available on the Thematics section of the Commission's website.