AIFMD – Third Country Regime
In the event of a hard Brexit, or no agreement being reached on the cross-border selling of investment funds under the EU passport regimes, funds in the UK will have to become non-EU (third country) Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) under the Alternative Investment Funds Managers Directive (AIFMD). Similarly, UCITS Managers and Alternative Investment Fund Managers…
Brexit Impact: Selling Funds into the UK – [Article]
Brexit may have been delayed, however it is still on the horizon. The potential impact it may have on the cross-border provision of financial services and products, particularly in the case of a “no deal” Brexit, is significant given that provision of such services and products both from the European Union into the United Kingdom…
Updated Data Protection Awareness Training (2019)
The team have been hard at work improving our already popular Data Protection Awareness training. Whilst this post is a little late as the training went live in May 2019 the changes are outlined below. Improved and expanded course content Both video and text learning methods covering all information More revision tools Fourth section created…
2019 CISI Training Schedule now LIVE
We are pleased to announce that we now have a selection of Level 3 & 4 CISI Courses for 2019, available to take live and also on MOT. The Courses we provide are part of the Investment Operations Certificate (IOC), Certificate in Investment Management (CIM) and the Investment Advice Diploma (IAD). To view all of…
FATCA & CRS Awareness
This Course is designed to raise awareness on The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and will cover the following topics: Introducing FATCA Introducing CRS Implementing FATCA & CRS FATCA Information & FATCA Accounts CRS Information FATCA Reporting CRS Reporting Points of Note Revision materials are also provided for…
AML Training 2019 – Coming Soon!
(Meets requirements of 2018/2019 Handbook updates) Midshore have developed a range of modules covering the training requirements set out in Chapter 15 of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission’s Handbook on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing. Recognising that different staff have different training needs, Midshore Online Training provides training specifically designed for: Relevant Employees Directors…
