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It has recently come to the Commission's attention that a company called West Capital Partners Inc. of New York has been making unsolicited approaches (a practise known as 'cold calling') to a number of Bailiwick residents. The purpose of this notice is to advise that the company is not licensed, authorised or in any way regulated by the Commission for the conduct of any financial services...

The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number 07/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses, copies of which can be accessed on the FC&A section of the Commission’s website: Instruction No. 07/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction No. 07/2014 for Prescribed Businesses 18 December 2014

​Please be advised that there has been an amendment to the sanctions regime in relation to Syria. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. SYRIA Council Regulation (EU) 36/2002, as implemented by the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012 and the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Sark...

​Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick’s sanctions regime in relation to the Ukraine, the Central African Republic and the Russian Federation, which are set out below. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. UKRAINE Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014, as implemented by the Territorial Integrity etc. of...

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 the Al-Qaida network and terrorist asset freezing measures. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. AL–QAIDA NETWORK Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002, as...

​Date of prohibition order, law under which made and prohibited functions: The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987from 3 December 2014: any function in relation to controlled investment business carried on by an entity licensed under the Protection of Investors Law. The Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994from 3 December 2014: any function in relation to a...

Date of prohibition order, law under which made and prohibited functions: The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987from 3 December 2014: any function in relation to controlled investment business carried on by an entity licensed under the Protection of Investors Law. The Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002from 3 December 2014: the functions of controller...

​ As part of the implementation of the Guernsey Financial Advice Standards the Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules 2009 will be repealed on 1 January 2015. They will be replaced by the Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules 2014 which will be effective from 1 January 2015. A blacklined document showing the changes between the 2009 and 2014 Rules can be found below. Blacklined Licensees (Conduct...

Article 36 of AIFMD provides that EEA Member States may allow an authorised EEA AIFM to market to professional investors, units or shares of a non-EEA AIF in their territory. This marketing is subject to a number of restrictions including amongst other things, a requirement that the AIFM ensures that one or more entities are appointed to carry out the duties referred to in Article 21(7)...