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​The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has today issued a revised guidance note on Qualifying Investor Funds. The definition of Professional Investor has been widened to include an individual investor who invests a minimum of US$100,000 in the fund. The revised guidance note also re-emphasises the due diligence obligations which Guernsey Licensees undertake when submitting applications for...

​It has come to the Commission' s attention that this company may have been issuing travel insurance policies. This company is not licensed by the Commission to sell or provide insurance.

​The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has recently investigated a number of cases where Bailiwick residents have received unsolicited telephone calls from staff of investment businesses that do not have their place of business in the Bailiwick. The practice, where a person makes an unsolicited call to a potential investor seeking to sell them investments during the course of that call, is...

​The practice, where a person makes an unsolicited call to a potential investor seeking to sell them investments during the course of that call, is known as "Cold Calling". Firms that wish to conduct investment business within the Bailiwick must be licensed by the Commission in order to do so. Cold calling organisations may not have the necessary licence and may even be involved in illegal...

​Parliamentary Ombudsman Confirms Guernsey Policyholders Covered by Investigation In our press release of 21 February 2005 we indicated that the Commission had made a submission to Iain Ogilvie who is conducting the investigation into the regulation of Equitable Life Assurance Society ("Equitable Life") on behalf of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, that Guernsey policyholders should be covered by the...

​The Fiduciary Sector Policy Forum (FSPF) and the Association of Guernsey Banks (AGB) have worked closely with the Commission to produce an introducer certificate, in order to develop a consistent approach to the provision of information in respect of the underlying principals of business introduced by fiduciaries in the Bailiwick to local banks. The FSPF and AGB have now agreed the contents of...

27 April 2005 Representatives of the finance sector in Guernsey have requested clarification of the Commission's policy on certain aspects of introduced business. Accordingly, following consultation with the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group, the Commission has today issued Statement No. 2 on introduced business to the finance sector. Enquiries should be made to: Sylvia Sirett Senior Analyst...

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​In the second half of 2004, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission announced that it was consulting on proposals to streamline the approval process for both open and closed ended funds aimed at professional, experienced and knowledgeable investors. Following wide spread support for the proposals set out in the Commission's paper, the Commission has today introduced the new regime with...