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Guernsey’s financial services industry is in excellent health, the Chief Executive of its promotional agency has confirmed. Speaking at Guernsey Finance’s annual Industry Update, Rupert Pleasant highlighted how the team has delivered on the organisation’s strategic aims following additional funding granted in 2021. It has deployed this additional resource in three main areas, research, PR and Business Development.

Guernsey begins the year with a new record number of listings for The International Stock Exchange (TISE). A total of 4,020 securities have been admitted to its Official List, which is a rise of 10% year on year and the highest total since the Exchange opened for business in October 1998. In 2022, there were 956 newly listed securities: a close runner up to the record of 1,111 in 2021.

Guernsey Finance is preparing to host its annual Industry Update event on 19 January 2023. This is an important event in the promotional agency’s calendar, providing those working in Guernsey’s financial services sector with an update of the work that has been achieved in the past year. With the 2022 update cancelled due to complications arising from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the team will share an update of what has taken place since 2021.

Guernsey Finance is preparing to host its annual Industry Update event on 19 January 2023. This is an important event in the promotional agency’s calendar, providing those working in Guernsey’s financial services sector with an update of the work that has been achieved in the past year. With the 2022 update cancelled due to complications arising from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the team will share an update of what has taken place since 2021.

Guernsey Finance’s Head of Strategy and Sustainable Finance, Stephanie Glover, and Director General William Mason of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, attended COP15 – the UN Biodiversity Conference – in Montreal earlier this month. COP15 saw governments from around the world coming together to try to agree on a new set of goals to halt and reverse nature loss. This event comes shortly after the launch of Guernsey’s Natural Capital Fund framework, as part of its growing Sustainable Funds Regime.