Mauritius started the year on a high note in the area of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism ("AML/CFT")

The Financial Services Commission Act 2001 was amended by the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act 2017 (the Amendment) on 1 May 2017.

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has recently updated the Private Investment Fund regime to improve its attractiveness to new fund promoters.

What authorities can prosecute business crimes, and are there different enforcement authorities at the national and regional levels?

In line with the National Budget 2021-2022 and the ambition of the Mauritian Government to establish Mauritius as a hub for emerging technologies, the FSC issued the Financial Services (Crowdfunding) Rules 2021 on 10 September 2021.

Welcome to the first post of 2020! In this post, we highlight some of the more significant legislative and regulatory pension developments in Ontario in January 2020 and late 2019.

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has launched the Innovation Sandbox + Concerige, a new initiative designed to support innovation in finance.

We are grateful to a range of stakeholders who provided input for this study. In particular, much of the data that we used was provided by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission...

From a regulatory perspective, the sound repute of the Mauritius jurisdiction lies in its commitment to transparency and fight against malpractices.

The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius ("FSC") has launched the regulatory framework on crowdfunding in an event held at the FSC house on 25 November 2021. The regulatory framework will cater for a regulated operation of crowdfunding as a financing model for businesses.

On 27 January 2021, the European Commission adopted an equivalence decision1 determining that the legal and supervisory arrangements applicable to US central counterparties (CCPs)...

A discussion on the new regulation relating to BVI domiciled Approved Managers.

Figures revealed for Jersey-registered alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) show a continuing rise in the six months to 30 June 2016.

Our Appleby Corporate team has been involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions involving buying, selling and/or restructuring businesses that have premises and/or people in Jersey.

Mauritius is widely known for its Global Business Licence companies and its wide network of double taxation treaties within the framework of a well regulated International Financial Centre.

In each quarterly issue of the Appleby Asia Alert, we bring you the latest offshore legislative and regulatory updates in the technology and innovation sector.