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Guernsey ‘continues to break new ground’ in awards win

Innovation in Guernsey’s finance sector was cited as a key factor as the island was named Best International Finance Centre at the 2019 WealthBriefing European Awards in London. The awar...

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Zone of insolvency – Directors in the firing line

2018 saw a number of high-profile insolvencies around the world. That trend is expected to continue this year with many sectors facing an extremely challenging trading environment and the ...

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Guernsey ‘continues to break new ground’ in awards win

Innovation in Guernsey’s finance sector was cited as a key factor as the island was named Best International Finance Centre at the 2019 WealthBriefing European Awards in London. The awar...

Published

12 April 2019

Zone of insolvency – Directors in the firing line

2018 saw a number of high-profile insolvencies around the world. That trend is expected to continue this year with many sectors facing an extremely challenging trading environment and the ...

Published

28 March 2019

Guernsey features in new UN green and sustainable finance report

Guernsey is part of an international movement driving the transition to a low-carbon economic model, highlighted at a high-level conference on sustainable finance taking place in Brusse...

Published

21 March 2019

Guernsey’s commitment to China and Hong Kong market praised

A Guernsey lawyer has backed the island’s longstanding commitment to China and Hong Kong and said the island is well positioned to be attractive to high net worth individuals in t...

Published

19 March 2019

Guernsey satisfies EU business substance requirements

Guernsey’s global competitiveness as a finance sector has been further enhanced following confirmation from the EU Council’s Code of Conduct Group and the European Council of Finance Ministe...

Published

12 March 2019

EU reaffirms Guernsey as a co-operative Jurisdiction

The States of Guernsey has published its own response to the ECOFIN confirmation on Guernsey's response to legal economic substance requirements in tax governance  The Economic and Financi...

Published

12 March 2019

Open Letter to the signatories of amendments NC3, NC4 and NC5 to the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill

Guernsey's Chief Minister Gavin St Pier has written an open letter to MPs regarding proposed amendments NC3, NC4 and NC5 to the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill De...

Published

06 March 2019

Guernsey welcomes deferral of the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill

The constitutional position of the Crown Dependencies with the UK Government needs to be better understood by Parliamentarians following the UK Government’s decision to defer debate on i...

Published

04 March 2019

Crown Dependencies’ joint response on Parliamentarians’ attempt to impose public registers of beneficial ownership

The governments of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have raised strong objections to several amendments that are being proposed to the UK's Financial Services (Implementation of Legislatio...

Published

02 March 2019

Beneficial ownership move is “misguided and wrong” – Guernsey Finance chairman

Guernsey and its fellow Crown Dependencies are part of the solution to harmful tax practices, not the problem, says the Chairman of Guernsey Finance. Lyndon Trott, a former Chief Minister ...

Published

02 March 2019