Tag Archives: Guernsey Financial Services Commission

You’d need Speedy Gonzales for all this

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Susan Grossey author

The pandemic has put many things on hold – holidays, weddings, house moves – but not the requirement to provide staff with AML/CFT training.  As we head towards September, and people’s minds turn towards a new school term, I am … Continue reading →

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Heading for the exit

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

One of my great ambitions – which I achieved for a short while in one jurisdiction – is to facilitate communication and foster understanding between the three sides of the AML triangle: regulator, law enforcement and industry.  Now, that’s a … Continue reading →

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New Guernsey piggies in the sty

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

A very quick post specifically for my Guernsey readers.  Just for you, I have: Read the new Schedule 3 and Handbook cover to cover Updated all five of my piggy books – for NEDs, and for the accountancy, banking, fiduciary … Continue reading →

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The concept of anonymous publication

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

We all have a talent, and mine is words.  I love reading and writing them, my spelling is pretty crash-hot, and if I am trying to remember something, I tend to see it as a word, e.g. “I’ve forgotten his … Continue reading →

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Glategny Court jester

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

“Please God don’t let it be money laundering” and “Heavens above, why can’t they get the concept of source of wealth?” may well be familiar phrases in the lexicon of the MLRO.  But although a greater power – greater even … Continue reading →

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Training across the Board

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

At the end of each year I do a review of what I have done during that year.  Each time I issue an invoice I categorise it by jurisdiction, by sector and by activity type, and this enables me to … Continue reading →

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Do unto others

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has been rather busy recently, what with working away on revised AML/CFT legislation and guidance, and now putting out a pair of publications to explain why and how they regulate the Bailiwick’s financial services sector.  In … Continue reading →

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Guernsey’s training report card

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Susan Grossey author

Earlier this month the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (one of my very favourite regulators – yes, I do have favourite regulators, and favourite FIUs too) published a thematic report on financial crime training.  In it are the results of a … Continue reading →

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