Press Releases
Next Plenary meeting
The next Plenary meeting of GIFCS will be held in Gibraltar on 22-23 April 2026.
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GIFCS updates international Standard for the Regulation of TCSPs
In response to a growing level of business by trust and company service providers (TCSPs), the Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (GIFCS) first introduced an international Standard for the Regulation of TCSPs in 2014.
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GIFCS members meet to discuss regulation of trust and company service providers, and HR development
The GIFCS held a Plenary meeting on 4-6 November 2025 in the Cayman Islands.
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GIFCS members meet to discuss implementation of lessons learned from the March 2023 banking turmoil
In a meeting jointly organised with the Financial Stability Institute, the GIFCS held a seminar on 9 & 10 April 2025 at the BIS Tower, Basel, Switzerland, on implementation of lessons learned from the March 2023 banking turmoil.
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GIFCS members meet to discuss implementation of Basel III, and the Recovery of Stolen Assets
The GIFCS held a Plenary meeting on 12-14 November 2024 in the Virgin Islands. The occasion included a workshop held in conjunction with the Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative (StAR) of the World Bank and UNODC.
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GIFCS members meet to discuss sustainable finance and third-party providers
The GIFCS held a Plenary meeting on 22-23 November in Basel, Switzerland. The occasion was marked by a seminar jointly organised by the BIS Financial Stability Institute (FSI) and the GIFCS on sustainable finance and third-party providers.
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GIFCS members meet to discuss: Virtual assets, Supervisory approaches on ESG strategy, Enforcement techniques
The GIFCS held its second Plenary meeting of 2022 in Mauritius from 22-24 November. The meeting was hosted jointly by Bank of Mauritius and the Mauritius Financial Services Commission.
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GIFCS meets in London April 2022
The GIFCS held its first Plenary meeting of 2022 in London on 26 & 27 April. The meeting was held on a hybrid basis, with nearly half the membership attending in person and the remainder, together with Observers, joining virtually.
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GIFCS completes a further evaluation under its TCSP Standard
The Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (GIFCS)) has completed a further evaluation of compliance by member jurisdictions with its Standard on the Regulation of Trust and Company Service Providers, in respect of Bermuda.
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GIFCS members discuss operational resilience, third-party service providers and cloud computing
The GIFCS, in conjunction with the Financial Stability Institute (FSI), organised a conference on 10 & 11 November to discuss operational resilience, outsourcing to third-party service providers, and risk management of cloud computing. A range of external speakers covered the work of the standard-setting bodies, emerging prudential frameworks, and risk management and supervisory approaches.
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GIFCS completes a third evaluation under its TCSP Standard
The Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (GIFCS)) has completed a further evaluation of compliance by member jurisdictions with its Standard on the Regulation of Trust and Company Service Providers, in respect of the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
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