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The Commission is today issuing Instruction (Number 02/2014) for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses, copies of which can be accessed on the FC&A Section of the Commission's website. The log of Business from Sensitive Sources & Notices document has been updated to enable identification of the changes applied. Instruction (Number 02/2014) for Financial Services Businesses...

​The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number M 01/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction Number M 01/2014 for Prescribed Businesses, copies of which can be accessed from the FC&A section of the Commission's website: Instruction M 01/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction M 01/2014 for Prescribed Businesses 3 June 2014

The Commission would remind all companies which hold a licence from the Commission, issued after 31 July 2012 under the regulatory laws or which are registered or authorised as collective investment schemes (“funds”) under 1. below that an assurance statement under the Finance Sector Code of Corporate Governance ("the Code") must be submitted to the Commission on the first anniversary of the date...

On 27 June the Commission issued: Instruction (Number 19) for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction (Number 17) for Prescribed Businesses For other Instructions and repealed Business from Sensitive Sources, see Instructions page on this website.

Further to the news item posted on the Commission's website on 10 April, the Policy Council has made the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2013 and the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Legal Professionals, Accountants and Estate Agents) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2013. These...

The Commission has noted that the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 have resulted in an inaccurate cross-reference in regulation 5(1)(d) of the regulations being amended. In regulation 5(1)(d) the reference to regulation 3(1)(c) should now be to regulation 3(2)(a). The making of the Criminal Justice (Proceeds...

The Policy Council has signed the following amendment regulations, which came into force today: The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Financial Services Businesses) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999 (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Regulations, 2013 The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Legal...

​On 4 March the Commission issued: Instruction (Number 18) for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction (Number 16) for Prescribed Businesses For other Instructions and repealed Business from Sensitive Sources, see Instructions page on this website.

In advance of most of the changes to the AML/CFT framework referred to in our media release of 12 November 2012, the Commission has today amended Appendix C to the Handbook for Financial Services Businesses on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing and the Handbook for Legal Professionals, Accountants and Estate Agents on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing. A version of...