Guernsey: Compliance

The Airmic Guernsey Conference examined how captive insurance structures are evolving from niche solutions into strategic risk management tools, addressing complex challenges including geopolitical uncertainty...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has introduced regulatory amendments that will enable licensed firms to offer virtual asset services without requiring separate licensing, while also lifting restrictions on retail customer access. These changes, part of the Commission's Digital Finance Initiative, aim to reduce regulatory duplication and position Guernsey as a competitive jurisdiction for digital financial innovation.

The Airmic Guernsey Conference 2025 will examine how insurance structures and captive solutions can strengthen organizational resilience amid an increasingly complex global risk environment. Industry leaders and risk managers will gather to explore emerging protection gaps, regulatory developments, and innovative approaches to risk financing. With keynote speaker Jamil Qureshi and practical case studies, the event will showcase how captives are evolving to meet the demands of an interconnected and unpredict

Guernsey's regulatory framework for private capital has evolved beyond post-2008 retail protection measures to serve sophisticated investors who demand speed, flexibility, and proportionate oversight. The jurisdiction now offers streamlined products like the Qualifying Private Investment Fund and Family Private Investment Fund that eliminate unnecessary regulatory friction while maintaining appropriate supervision for institutional participants and family offices managing trillion-dollar portfolios.

This six-monthly publication calls on lawyers from around the world to provide updates from their jurisdictions on significant new developments and enforcement trends relevant to financial crime. Where available, the updates link to underlying posts with more detail. As ever, please do not hesitate to contact the authors, or your local HSF Kramer contacts, if you wish to discuss any of the issues raised.

A recent dawn raid on a multinational technology company conducted by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) as part of its investigation into potential anticompetitive conduct in the cloud computing sector...

Guernsey has recently introduced legislation to regulate the charitable sector. The Charities etc (Guernsey and Alderney) Ordinance, 2021 brings forward changes that will impact upon most Guernsey...

The Charities etc. (Guernsey and Alderney) Ordinance, 2021 (Ordinance) and the raft of regulations that fall under it and which came in to force at the end of April repeals...

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