Investment

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission today launches a new limited POI licence, making it easier for fiduciary firms to administer Family Private Investment Funds. This initiative reflects the Commission’s ongoing commitment to reduce regulatory barriers, enable innovation and ensure Guernsey remains a leading jurisdiction for private wealth services. This follows the Commission’s...

The Commission has today issued two thematic reports on Conflicts of Interest in both the Investment and Fiduciary sectors. The Commission found that, in general, firms appropriately identify, manage and record conflicts of interest that arise during the course of doing business, using a combination of policies, procedures and periodic training. The Commission was encouraged to see examples of...

The Commission has today issued a Feedback Paper providing feedback to the responses received to the Commission’s Discussion Paper (“DP”) on The Future of Sustainability Reporting in the Bailiwick of Guernsey issued in July 2024. The DP provided a summary of international developments in the area of sustainability reporting, including the work of the International Sustainability Standards Board...

The Financial Services Business (Enforcement Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (“the Enforcement Powers Law”) The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (“the POI Law”) [i] Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999 (“Schedule 3”) [ii] The Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF) (“the Handbook”) The Licensees...

The Commission is pleased to be supporting IOSCO's (the global association of securities and investment regulators) initiative to work with big tech to increase the standards of protection accorded to consumers using social media. This is an example of national regulators working together globally to endeavour to reduce harms to consumers which can occur as a result of their use of global social...

Following consultation with industry earlier this year, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission is announcing updates to the Prospectus Rules. The updated Prospectus Rules, 2025, which will come into effect on 1 July 2025, aim to provide enhanced clarity and to standardise some requirements to ensure that the Bailiwick’s investment and funds proposition is as accessible and as simple to use as...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is open to innovation and is committed to creating an enabling environment where good business can grow. The Commission recognises that crypto has been evolving, and some crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, appear to be entering a more mature period. Guernsey, as a long standing and experienced funds centre, considers that collective investment schemes...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is today announcing a more streamlined and simplified Private Investment Fund (PIF) regime, creating an innovative, marketable and flexible fund structure for a wide spectrum of private capital investment strategies. The updated PIF brings together what were routes one and two into a single, streamlined private fund regime, whilst retaining the Family PIF...