It can be difficult to find useful and relevant information on terrorist financing; money laundering seems to be addressed far more frequently in ind...
Funds corporate governance – the regulator’s expectations
I was recently reading an excellent article by Tim Morgan, Chair of the Jersey Funds Association, concerning the increasing importance of governance ...
It ain’t just what you do, it’s the way that you do it!
In a competitive and highly regulated world, we must adhere to and are measured against ever-higher standards. Those who work in healthcare, co...
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...
A Regulator calls – a short guide to preparing for and managing a JFSC examination
Imagine you are the Head of Compliance for ABC Financial Services. The phone rings and it's your JFSC supervisor on the line, informing you tha...
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...
How safe is your client money?
I couldn’t help but notice one of the more significant amendments proposed by the JFSC in Consultation Paper No. 10 (Amendments to the Codes of Prac...
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...
Who wants to be a………. Data Protection Officer?
With only 6 months to go until the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect, both Jersey and Guernsey are working hard on implementi...