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​Guernsey Secures Independent, International Commendation for Regulatory and Law Enforcement Standards Press Release 25 November 2003 Guernsey's financial regulation and law enforcement standards are commended in a report published today by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Guernsey has been assessed by the IMF to have 'a high level of compliance' for each of the international standards...

It has come to the Commission's attention that a number of residents of the Bailiwick have received unsolicited calls from representatives of Amherst International. The Commission would refer residents to its previous notices on the subject of cold calling on 1 June 2002, 24 July 2003 and 10 September 2003(all of which can be viewed on this website). Firms wishing to conduct investment business...

It has come to the Commission's attention that a number of residents of the Bailiwick have received unsolicited calls from representatives of the Sukumo Group. The Commission would refer residents to its previous notices on the subject of cold calling on 1 June 2002 and 24 July 2003 (both of which can be viewed on this website). Firms wishing to conduct investment business within the Bailiwick...

The Commission has had a new twist to an investment scam brought to its attention and wishes to warn local investors about it. Over the past few years a number of local residents have been "cold called" by brokers from outside the Island attempting to get people to invest in shares in small overseas companies. The general pattern has been for the value of these thinly traded shares to dwindle and...

MEMORANDUM FILE REF: B52 TO: Managing Directors and Branch Managers of Guernsey Banks I enclose for your attention a copy of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's paper entitled "Principles for the Management of Credit Risk." It can be obtained in electronic format (PDF) from the Committee's website at http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs75.pdf Management of Credit Risk Although this paper was...

Bankers will be aware that amendments currently in the pipeline to the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1994 will create obligations for them in respect of corporate governance and risk management. The Commission intends to issue guidelines in support of those requirements. We were encouraged to produce these guidelines by the IMF Mission who recommended that we issue a guidance...

​20 February 2003 Attention is drawn to these Regulations which came into effect on 8 January 2003. Schedule 1 to the Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (which contains a list of proscribed organisations) has been updated by these Regulations which add an additional 4 organisations to the list of proscribed organisations set out in Schedule 1. Financial services businesses...

INTEREUROPE BANK.COM INTEREUROPE BANK FINANCE COMPANY (GUERNSEY) LIMITED IMBGROUP BANK PLC IMBGROUP FINANCE COMPANY (GUERNSEY) LIMITED The above-named entities have recently come to the Commission's attention. It has been noted from their web sites at www.intereuropebank.com and www.imbgroup.com that it is claimed that the companies have offices in Guernsey and that they are licensed by the...

Banks and their customers are warned that attempts have recently been made by criminals to obtain details of bank customers. This has been achieved by intercepting mail from the banks, doctoring their headed paper and requesting the customers to provide confidential information in a form which is then asked to be faxed to the UK. It has been noted that customers in Africa seem to have been...