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Following the appointment of Dr Andy Sloan, as Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy at Guernsey Finance, the Commission has made some alterations to its senior management structure. To ensure more integrated supervision, Fiduciary, Investment and Pensions firms will be supervised for conduct and prudential purposes by one division. This will be known as the Investment, Fiduciary and Pension Division...

Please be advised that three individuals have been added to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida maintained by the European Union under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/1204. These changes are automatically effective in the Bailiwick under the Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013...

This Notice is issued further to the previous Sanctions Notice issued in relation to the addition of one entry on the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267. Please be advised that corresponding changes have now been made to the list maintained by the European Union under Council Regulation (EC)...

Council Regulation (EU) No 2013/401, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Myanmar/Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013, the Myanmar/Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2013, and the Myanmar/Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2017, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation 2018/1117. The effect of the amendments, which are automatically and...

Council Regulation (EU) 735/2015, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the South Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance 2015, the South Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance 2016and theSouth Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance 2015, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1116. The Implementing Regulation, which is automatically and immediately...

Council Regulation (EU) 735/2015, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the South Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance 2015, the South Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance 2016and theSouth Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance 2015, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1115. The Implementing Regulation, which is automatically and immediately...

Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has added one entry to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267. All entities on the list are subject to restrictive measures which include targeted financial sanctions. Further details are available here: https://www.un.org/press/en...

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1518, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order 2000, has been amended. The effect of the amendments, which are automatically effective in the Bailiwick, is to remove one entity from the list of persons and entities subject to financial restrictions under Resolution 1518. Further details about the...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“GFSC”) has, in collaboration with 11 financial regulators and related organisations, today announced the establishment of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), building on a proposal earlier this year to create a ‘global sandbox’. Recognising the global nature of today’s financial services the network will seek to provide a more efficient way...