Our Place in the World

Learn about Guernsey’s relationships with the global community & our ongoing commitments to substance and sustainable finance, and as a facilitator of global investment; 

  • Relations with the EU 

  • Guernsey is not a member of the EU, however as a Third-Country maintains unchanged access for services 

  • Relationship with the UK 

  • Guernsey has been autonomous for over 800 years, as a territory of the Crown and part of the British Isles 

  • Commitment to the OECD 

  • Since 1990 Guernsey has been committed to the OECD, and was an early adopter of the Common Reporting Standard 

  • Membership of the WTO 

  • Guernsey has membership of the WTO through the UK 

  • Global market Access 

  • Private Placement into the EU and UK, unaffected by Brexit 

  • Commitment to Strategy Action on Sustainable Finance 

  • Guernsey holds membership to several leading international Sustainable Finance organisations including UN FC4S.