{"id":13750,"date":"2012-01-20T15:19:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=13750"},"modified":"2012-01-20T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:19:55","slug":"jersey-really-all-that-good-at-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2012\/01\/20\/jersey-really-all-that-good-at-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey – really all that good at compliance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved this. On 16\u00a0January\u00a0the Jersey Evening Press proudly says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

OFFICIALS from Jersey went to the US Embassy in London last month to show the Americans that the Island\u2019s financial compliance armoury is every bit as strong as that of the United States\u2019.<\/p>\n

And French government officials are expected to come to the Island in the next couple of months on a fact-finding visit to see for themselves how well the Island\u2019s finance industry is regulated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tres bon, say I.<\/p>\n

Then next day they report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A COMPANY director faces a ban after he overrode both the firm\u2019s board and its compliance function to take on a \u2018toxic\u2019 Eastern European client connection, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n

And the director faces a public statement being made about him, according to the Island\u2019s most senior finance regulator.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in a different case the financial regulator acted against a regulated firm for trying to discipline a compliance manager for raising concerns about bad practice.<\/p>\n

The director general of the Jersey Financial Services Commission, John Harris, said the compliance manager faced \u2018misconceived and intimidatory disciplinary proceedings\u2019 for raising the concerns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The second is especially interesting: it makes \u00a0clear that the attitude in the\u00a0island\u00a0remains that people must do as they're told or \"take the boat in the morning\" - the age old advice to \"get out if you don't like it\". I'm sure that's a major theme in compliance ignored by all the\u00a0official\u00a0reports.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I loved this. On 16\u00a0January\u00a0the Jersey Evening Press proudly says: OFFICIALS from Jersey went to the US Embassy in London last month to show the
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