On 18 June 2019 the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“the Commission”) announced it has fined Louvre Trust (Guernsey) Limited, Derek Paul Baudains, Jonathan Ross Bachelet, Haidee Louise Stephens, Julian Dai Lane, Charles Peter Gervais Tracy as follows £70,000 on Louvre Trust (Guernsey Limited) (the “Licensee” or the “Firm”) under section 11D of the Financial Services […]

HM Treasury has published an updated advisory notice regarding risks posed by unsatisfactory anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CTF) controls. The notice is issued in connection with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs 2017) (see daily news 26 June 2017), which require firms to put policies […]

May 25, 2016, Annapolis, MD – TRACE International, a worldwide leader in advancing commercial transparency and raising anti-bribery compliance standards, today launched TRACEpublic, the first global registry of beneficial ownership. Developed in direct response to the risks inherent in secret company ownership, highlighted by the Panama Papers, TRACEpublic enables companies to voluntarily and publicly provide their ownership information as a means to enhance corporate transparency and facilitate meaningful due diligence. Although […]