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35 published document(s) from Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

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AIFMD (Marketing) Rules, 2021In forceThese Rules govern how Guernsey Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and Guernsey Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) may market fund units or sha…
AIFMD Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThis is the GFSC's AIFMD Rules and Guidance, 2021, which replace the AIFMD Rules 2013 and came into force on 1 November 2021. They set out an opt-in regul…
Authorised Closed-Ended Investment Schemes Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese are the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's Rules and Guidance governing authorised closed-ended investment schemes, replacing the 2008 version…
Authorised Collective Investment Schemes (Class A) Rules 2008In forceThese are the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's detailed rules governing Class A authorised collective investment schemes - the highest, most close…
Authorised Collective Investment Schemes (Class B) (Amendment) Rules, 2024In forceThis instrument amends the Authorised Collective Investment (Class B) Rules and Guidance, 2021, issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. It r…
Authorised Collective Investment Schemes (Class B) Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese Rules and Guidance, issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020, set ou…
Banking Supervision (Accounts, Disclosure and Reporting) Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese Rules set out accounting, audit submission and public disclosure requirements for banks licensed under the Banking Supervision Law in Guernsey. They…
Banking Supervision (Annual Compliance Return) Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese Rules and Guidance, made under section 40 of the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020, set out what banking licensees must cover in…
Banking Supervision (Deposit Advertisements and Communications to the Commission) Rules, 2021In forceThese Rules, made by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020, govern deposit advertisem…
Banking Supervision (Large Exposure) Rules and Guidance, 2021Status not confirmedThese are the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's rules and guidance governing how Bailiwick-licensed banks must identify, measure, limit and report…
Collective Investment Schemes (Class A) Rules 2002In forceThis is the core Guernsey Financial Services Commission rulebook governing Class A collective investment schemes (open-ended retail funds authorised under…
Collective Investment Schemes (Compensation of Investors) Rules 1988 (as amended)In forceThese 1988 rules (as amended) establish the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's investor compensation scheme for Class A authorised collective invest…
Collective Investment Schemes (Qualifying Professional Investor Funds)(Class Q) Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThis document sets out the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's Class Q Rules and Guidance 2021, which replace the 1998 Class Q Rules and govern Quali…
Cyber Security Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese Rules set out mandatory cyber security requirements for all licensees of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, supported by extensive non-bind…
Financial Crime Returns Rules, 2023 (Guernsey Statutory Instrument No. 19)RepealedThis document combines the Commission's feedback on its consultation on draft Financial Crime Returns Rules with the finalised Rules themselves (Guernsey…
Financial Crime Returns Rules, 2025In forceThese Rules, made by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and effective from 2 May 2025, consolidate and update the recurring financial crime report…
Financial Crime Returns Rules, 2026In forceThese Rules set out the annual and periodic financial crime returns that GFSC licensees and registrants must file with the Commission. They replace and re…
Guernsey Green Fund Rules and Guidance, 2021 (consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated Guernsey Green Fund Rules and Guidance, 2021, issued by the GFSC under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2…
Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF) (7 July 2026)Status not confirmedThis is the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's consolidated Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF), dated 7 July 2026. It sets out the…
Insurance Business (Solvency) Rules and Guidance, 2021 (Consolidated Version)In forceThis is the consolidated version of the Insurance Business (Solvency) Rules and Guidance, 2021, made by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under t…
Insurance Business Rules and Guidance, 2021 (Consolidated Version)In forceThis is a consolidated set of Rules and accompanying Guidance issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission governing the conduct of insurance busi…
Insurance Intermediaries Rules and Guidance, 2021 - ConsolidatedIn forceThis is the consolidated text of the Insurance Intermediaries Rules and Guidance, 2021, issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Ins…
Insurance Managers Rules and Guidance, 2021 - ConsolidatedIn forceThis is the consolidated version of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's Insurance Managers Rules and Guidance, 2021, made under the Insurance Man…
Lending, Credit and Finance Rules and Guidance, 2023 (Consolidated Version)In forceThis is the consolidated Lending, Credit and Finance Rules and Guidance, 2023, made by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Lending, Credi…
Licensees (Capital Adequacy) Rules and Guidance, 2021 (consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's Capital Adequacy Rules and Guidance, which set minimum financial resources,…
Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules and Guidance, 2021 (consolidated text)In forceThis is the consolidated text of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules and Guidance, 2021, made under the Pro…
Natural Capital Fund Rules and Guidance, 2022 - ConsolidatedIn forceThese consolidated Rules and Guidance establish a voluntary designation regime, administered by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, for collective…
Pension Scheme and Gratuity Scheme Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese Rules, made by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc.…
Private Investment Fund Rules and Guidance, 2025In forceThis document sets out the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's rules and accompanying guidance for Private Investment Funds (PIFs), replacing the Pri…
Registered Collective Investment Scheme (Amendment) Rules, 2025In forceThese Rules amend The Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules, 2021 to update cross-references so that they point to the new Prospectus Rules, 2025…
Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules and Guidance, 2021In forceThese Rules, issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020, set out the standar…
Regulated Investment Exchange Operator Rules and Guidance, 2024In forceThese Rules, made under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2020, set out the standards a Guernsey Financial Services Commission licen…
The Fiduciary Rules and Guidance, 2021 (Consolidated Version, September 2022)In forceThis is the consolidated 2021 Fiduciary Rules and Guidance issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), which replace the 2020 Fiduciary R…
The Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules 2016 (Amendment) Rules 2017In forceThis instrument amends the Licensees (Conduct of Business) Rules 2016, made under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987. It was ma…
The Prospectus Rules and Guidance, 2025In forceThese Rules, made under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020, set out the mandatory content, statements and circulation requireme…