Articles from 2020

During the month of September the Commission ran ten interactive sector specific workshops to just under 400 attendees in Guernsey and Alderney, to assist firms in developing their mitigation of the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to their business as identified in the National Risk Assessment. The Commission representatives provided an overview of the inherent money laundering and...

The Commission wishes to remind all financial services businesses and prescribed businesses (with the exception of personal fiduciary licensees) that the Financial Crime Risk Return (“the Return”) is due for submission by 31 October 2020. The Return can be found through the Commission’s Online Submissions Portal, located here: https://submit.gfsc.gg/ Further information on the background to the...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has issued today a Consultation Paper seeking views from interested parties on proposed Cyber Security Rules and an accompanying Guidance Note for all licenced entities under the various supervisory laws. A copy of the Consultation Paper, Draft Rules and the Draft Guidance can be found here: https://www.gfsc.gg/commission/legislation-and-guidance...

The Commission is pleased to announce a further appointment to the Panel of Senior Decision Makers (SDMs) which the Commission has established for the purpose of considering and determining those enforcement cases which are not settled between the parties and the Commission. The new appointee as an SDM is Mr Russell Finch OBE who, until recently, was the first Judge of the Royal Court in Guernsey...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has issued today a Consultation Paper seeking views from interested parties on a proposed Guidance Note for Custodians of open-ended collective investment schemes made under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 (the “PoI Law”). A copy of the Consultation Paper and the Draft Guidance can be found here: https://www.gfsc.gg...

MONEYVAL has released a report titled "Money laundering and terrorism financing trends in MONEYVAL jurisdictions during the COVID-19 crisis”, which can be accessed directly on the MONEYVAL website. The report is based upon input from MONEYVAL members, including Guernsey.

At the joint presentations on the National Risk Assessment (“NRA”) from the Commission, Policy and Resources Committee and Financial Intelligence Service in February, it was highlighted that the Commission would be running a series of interactive workshops to assist firms in developing their mitigation of the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to their business as identified in the NRA...

On the 20th day of August 2020 the Commission imposed a discretionary financial penalty of £14,000 on Deborah Anne Ellis and prohibited her from holding the position of director, controller, partner or manager for a period of 1 year and 5 months. The exemption set out in section 3(1)(g) of the Fiduciaries Law (which would otherwise permit Mrs Ellis to act as a director of not more than six...