Taking a look at Cyber Security threats in 2017
2016 was a busy year for cyber-security professionals. It goes without saying that 2017 is likely to be far worse as more and more cyber-security threats emerge and the number of internet enabled devices continues to grow. I briefly took a count of how many internet enabled devices I have in my home and it…
Why Islamic Finance for Guernsey?
I’ve always had an interest in the “different” part of the financial services industry, and Islamic Finance first piqued my curiosity many years ago (I have Edition 2 of the CISI’s Islamic Finance Qualification workbook from 2007). However, this came to the forefront when an email linking to the Islamic Funds Industry: 2015 Review &…
Compliance – A Pragmatic Approach to Regulation
Too many times we hear financial services professionals complaining that they are at odds with their confrontational compliance department, more often than that business generation units refer to their anti-money laundering team referred to as a business prevention unit. Whilst there are many pieces of financial services law, regulation, rules, guidance & codes in existence…
