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The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) is advising Industry Practitioners that effective 15 June, 2015, the following persons are authorised to sign documents issued by the Registry of Corporate Affairs under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and the Partnership Act...
Recently, changes were made to the VIRRGIN transaction to file Register of Members and Directors which affected the manner in which details for this transaction could be submitted through VIRRGIN. This has now been rectified and we are pleased to advise persons wishing to file a Register of...
The BVI Financial Services Commission would like to advise members of the financial services industry of the special hours of operation at BVI House Asia next week.
The office will be closed on Monday, 25 May in observance of Buddha’s Birthday, a public holiday in Hong Kong. On Tuesday...
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) is pleased to announce that effective Monday, 13 April, VIRRGIN users who request Certificates of Good Standing in the BVI will now have the option to have those certificates collected from BVI House Asia in Hong Kong. This...
A draft Bill to amend the BVI Business Companies Act, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 has been published and the BVI Financial Services Commission is soliciting your comments. The Bill will be available through 9 March and industry practitioners and participants are especially...
Licensed entities are reminded that the deadline for submission of 2014 Mutual Fund Annual Returns is 30 June, 2015. Returns can be submitted to the Commission by registered users through the Mutual Funds Returns platform. If you are not yet a registered user, you can sign up at...
Until further notice, the Commission will continue to issue Certificates of Good Standing in electronic and hard copy format, where requested, at no additional cost.
For more information on electronic Certificates of Good Standing, please email ...
Pursuant to Section 9(1)(b) of the Banks and Trust Companies Act, 1990, all licensees are required to appoint two individuals to act as Authorised Agents on their behalf. The Commission is encouraging Registered Agents to review their Authorised Agents and ensure that the current information is...
The recently gazetted Investment Business (Registers) Regulations, 2014 has updated the information available from a search of the Register of Investment Business Licensees, Certified Authorised Representatives and Approved Investment Managers as granted under the Securities and Investment...
Effective 1 January, 2015 there is no longer a distinction in the fees applicable for persons approved to act as a Compliance Officer. Approved Compliance Officers (all Tiers) will now incur a $400.00 approval fee. The fee structure is detailed in the Financial Services Commission (Fees)(...
