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Please be advised that Marianne HOAYEK Anna KOSAKOVA Riad SALAMEH Raja SALAMEH have been added to the list of persons designated under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (the UK regulations) and are subject to an asset freeze. The individuals referred to above appear on the consolidated list, which can be found here. The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under...

Following publication by the Royal Court, we are making available the anonymised judgment of the Deputy Bailiff in X, Y and Z and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. The Deputy Bailiff heard an appeal against the sanctions imposed on three individuals by one of the Commission’s Senior Decision Makers. The Deputy Bailiff found that the sanctions imposed on the three individuals were within...

The Commission has today issued in final draft form guidance for registered directors on their anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing ("AML/CFT") obligations. This follows the introduction last month of a director registration regime for individuals using the up to six directorships exemption from fiduciary licensing where no other exemption from registration applies. This guidance...

On the 4th day of August 2023, the Commission imposed a discretionary financial penalty as follows: Mr Paul Conway (“Mr Conway”) a financial penalty of £30,000. Further, on the above date, the Commission imposed a prohibition as follows: Mr Conway is prohibited from holding the position of shareholder, controller, director, partner, manager, money laundering reporting officer and money laundering...

The Commission has been granted leave to appeal the judgment of LB Marshall KC in the case of Domaille, Clarke & Hannis and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. A copy of the judgment is available on the Guernsey Legal Resources website. After careful consideration, the Commission decided to appeal the decision of LB Marshall KC because some of the reasoning and interpretation of the law...

Please be advised that Vitaly Alexsandrovich BELITSKY Ekaterina Mikhailovna DOROKHINA Natalia Nikolaevna DUDAR Boris Georgievich LOKTIONOV Danila Yurievich MIKHEEV Anna Evgenievna POTYCHKO have been designated under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations) and are now subject to an asset freeze and trusts services sanctions. Please also be advised that details in...

The Commission has today issued its report on the thematic review of the effectiveness of firms’ monitoring of, and compliance with, requirements for managing the risks posed by Politically Exposed Persons (“PEPs”). We undertook onsite inspections to 30 firms across the sectors with the largest exposure to PEPs. In all of the 170 PEP files which were reviewed, the relationships had an appropriate...

Following the full implementation of the Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 (the LCF Law), the Commission has amended the Finance Sector Code of Corporate Governance (the Code) so that it is clear that it applies to firms licensed under the LCF Law. The application of the Code to LCF licensees was highlighted during the Commission’s LCF consultation. The list of...

The Commission today launches a consultation paper on proposals for increasing the licence fees paid by firms. The consultation period will close on Wednesday 20 September. The Commission is consulting on an overall increase in fees of 7.3%. Other specific proposals relating to fees that are outlined in the consultation paper are: a rebalancing of fees within the insurance sector on request of the...