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 ...
Our Response to COVID-19
Following the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19, and as instructed by the Government of Jersey, we have temporarily closed Cyan's office in St. Helier...
Appointment of Helen Holmes
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Helen Holmes to Cyan. Helen joins Cyan from an international banking and financial services group where she...
3 Key Reviews
The latest Consultation Paper (No. 10, 2018) from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (“the JFSC”) has floated the proposal that regulated en...
Tiptoeing through tipping-off in Jersey
The Proceeds of Crime and Terrorism (Tipping Off – Exceptions) Regulations 2014 (“the Regulations”) have been in place for a while now but after...
Investing in the emerging medical marijuana market
I should start with a caveat – I’m not a lawyer and I wouldn’t dream of claiming to be able to give legal advice. But I do spend quite a lot of...
Board effectiveness reviews
Revisions to the Codes of Practice in March 2018 included a new requirement that all aspects of a registered person’s corporate governance arrangem...