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​The Commission is aware of a new method being used by fraudsters against licensees to commit fraud via telephone. The scam involves the fraudster making the victim believe that they are speaking to a trusted organisation by fooling their phones into displaying any number they choose. The scam, known as 'number spoofing', works by fraudsters cloning the telephone number of the organisation or...

Council Regulation (EU) 208/2014, as implemented by the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2014 and the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2014, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/357. 4 persons have been removed from the list of designated persons subject to financial...

The Commission is aware that there has been an increase in the number of attempted, and in some cases successful, frauds on customer bank accounts held with local financial institutions. This has occurred via the use of compromised e-mail accounts or through the "piggy-backing" of e-mails. These fraudulent attempts are being made across a wide range of financial institutions with as yet no...

Please be advised that there have been some developments to the Bailiwick’s sanctions regime in relation to Somalia, which are set out below. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. Council Regulation (EU) 356/2010, as implemented by the Somalia (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Somalia (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012...

Council Regulation (EU) 208/2014, as implemented by the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2014 and the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2014, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/357. The amendments, which are automatically effective in the Bailiwick, extend sanctions in...

Please be advised of an amendment to the sanctions regime in relation to the Central African Republic, which is set out below. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. Council Regulation (EU) 224/2014, as implemented by the Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures)...

​ The Commission recently consulted on a proposal that The Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules 2008 be repealed and replaced by The Registered Collective Investment Schemes Rules 2015 (“the 2015 Rules”). In the 2015 Rules the Commission had removed references to the prohibition on direct offering of registered schemes to the public in Guernsey and also corrected various typographical...

​ On the 1 January 2015, the Commission issued the Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules, 2014 and the Insurance Intermediaries (Conduct of Business) Rules, 2014. The new rules were issued in order to implement the Guernsey Financial Advice Standards (“GFAS”). The new rules require advice on long term insurance business and controlled investments for retail clients to be given only by an...

​ The Financial Services Commission (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended (“the Financial Services Commission Law”) The Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002, as amended (“the Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries Law”) Guernsey Financial Consultants Limited (“GFC”) On 27 February 2015 the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“the...