Part one of a series. Most compliance failures aren’t failures of knowledge but of attention, timing and trust. Five human limits, the design answer to each, why people and machines cover each other’s blind spots, and seven questions to ask of your own controls.
The GFSC’s 5 May 2026 Handbook update is being framed as encouragement and clarity. It is — but it also introduces four new and one amended red-box Commission Rule, mostly affecting electronic verification. Firms reading the press release alone will miss them.
Right then. Guernsey’s Finance Sector Strategy 2035 dropped this week—all 100+ stakeholder meetings, Oliver Wyman expertise, and sector-wide collaboration distilled
We’re all guilty of holding on to things ‘just-in-case’. It’s like a comfort blanket… just knowing its there if ever
I’ve been getting a growing number of emails similar to this one received today: It is worrying that with GDPR
A real quick update this time. Following today’s announcement by the FRC that Practice Note 21 on the Audit of
more on It’s been on the horizon for a long time. It’s been much debated. Nobody will ever be completely
Things are going to change both in Guernsey and Jersey on the Data Protection front. The catalyst is the recently
The Common Reporting Standard is new to everyone filing this year. It’s been described to me by a senior finance
Time may be running out to take advantage of favourable conditions allowing those living outside the UK to move their
