Independent professional services firms, Cyan and Altair, have joined forces to create a leading practice in the Channel Islands comprising more than...
Appointment of Sharon Avis
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Sharon Avis to Cyan. Sharon has over 37 years experience in the Jersey finance industry within the banking,...
Understanding Foreign PEP Risks
The surfacing of multiple issues in the various Pandora Papers investigations, combined with the JFSC’s recent publication of feedback from their e...
Compliance under pressure
The recent Government / JFSC webinar which explained their consultations on proposed changes to enforcement and civil penalty powers and processes se...
Ethnically or Racially Motivated Terrorism Financing
It can be difficult to find useful and relevant information on terrorist financing; money laundering seems to be addressed far more frequently in ind...
Cyan’s new offices
On 16 July 2021, Cyan is re-locating to our new offices at: Third Floor 22 Hill Street St. Helier Jersey ...
Working together in HR and Compliance
The HR and Compliance Teams often seem to operate at a distance within the same business, each focussing on their own areas of law and regulation wit...
Retirement of Chris Cooke
Cyan would like to bid a fond farewell to Chris Cooke, one of the company’s co-founders. After nearly six years as a principal at the company, Chri...
COVID-19 – how should the Compliance Function respond?
We have seen communications recently from the JFSC regarding the industry’s response to the COVID-19 virus and it is encouraging that firms appear ...