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The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).
The agreement has been signed by William Mason, Director General of the Commission, and Xiao Gang, Chairman of the CSRC. The official announcement was made after a meeting in Beijing yesterday [Monday 18 November] between Mr Mason and Liu Xinhua, Deputy Chairman of the CSRC.
Mr Mason said: “Guernsey has high regulatory standards and this has been demonstrated to, and recognised by, the CSRC during the course of our discussions which have culminated in signing the MoU. The MoU provides the basis for a framework of cooperation and exchange of information between the two sets of authorities in relation to securities and futures business.”
The MoU sets out a statement of intent to establish a framework for mutual assistance and to facilitate the exchange of information between the authorities to ensure compliance with their respective securities and futures laws or regulatory requirements in order to promote investor protection and the integrity of the investment products.
Mr Mason added: “Guernsey’s financial services business is becoming ever more global and as such, it is vital that the Commission ensures agreements such as these are in place to facilitate effective regulation and supervision going forward. Importantly, this MoU is also a prerequisite for Guernsey domiciled funds receiving a licence from the CSRC under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) regime which provides a quota for external investment into Chinese capital markets.”
The meeting with the CSRC took place on the first day of a week-long delegation by Guernsey officials to Beijing and Shanghai. As well as Mr Mason, the delegation also includes Deputy Peter Harwood, Guernsey’s Chief Minister; Deputy Kevin Stewart Guernsey’s Commerce and Employment Minister; and Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry.
The Commission signed a similar agreement with the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) in 2011.
