The Commission has published new guidance aimed at providing clarification about Designated Custodians’ duties and the standards of conduct that are expected of them when they act for Open-Ended Collective Investment Schemes. Designated Custodian should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the underlying assets of the scheme in order to mitigate the risk of the …
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The Commission is changing the way it distributes its annual license fee invoices, starting with the 2021 fees. Email addresses for all regulated and registered entities have been prepared and if you wish to check which email address the Commission holds for your firm please contact accounts@gfsc.gg. The Commission will no longer be distributing annual …
The States of Guernsey Annual Budget was published on Monday 16 November 2020 and can be found here. The Budget has been prepared in the context of the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the pressures caused by this. They have proposed the amendment of Section 40(nn) of the Income Tax (Guernsey) Law to clarify …
The Commission has issued 2 discussion papers (DP’s) on proposals concerning rules to be made following the approval of the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (the “2020 Fiduciaries Law”) and the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (the “2020 PoI Law”). The first DP …
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The Commission has launched a consultation paper on proposals for increasing the licence fees paid by firms. The proposals are for an increase of 2.1% across all sectors, based upon Guernsey’s RPI, together with the introduction of a modest fee for fast track applications of £500. The consultation period will be from the 4th of …
The restrictions imposed upon the Bailiwick as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen an acceleration in the adoption of home working. Due to the potential increase in information security risks incurred as a result home working, the GFSC have published a non-exhaustive summary for licensees to consider. The summary is intended as a …
International supervisory bodies have reaffirmed plans to transition away from LIBOR to alternative reference rates (for example; SONIA or SOFR) and, advise that firms should assume that LIBOR will no longer be published beyond the end of 2021. Provisions to transition to alternative rates should be made well in advance of this date. Guernsey regulated …
The Financial Crime Risk Return (“the Return”) for the reporting period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 will be available for completion on the Online Submissions Portal in July 2020. The submission deadline is 31 October 2020. All firms required to complete the Return should consult the following documents before submission: Financial Crime Risk …
The Commission has issued in final form, the revised Handbook on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing (“the Handbook”) The Commission has made amendments, to the Handbook, in order to take into account the Bailiwick of Guernsey’s National Risk Assessment (“NRA”) on money laundering (“ML”) and the financing of terrorism (“FT”) which was published in …
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