Isle of Man Financial Services Rule Book 2016
Conduct, client money, governance and reporting rules for licenceholders.
- Applies in
- Isle of Man
- Edition
- as amended
- Area
- Corporate governance & fiduciary
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- Pt.2Conduct of businessConduct
- Pt.3Client money and client assetsClient assets
- Pt.4Corporate governance and risk managementGovernance
- Pt.6Financial resourcesPrudential
- Pt.8Reporting and notificationsReporting
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the Isle of Man Financial Services Rule Book 2016 and the Monitor suggests IOMFSA as a source. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 5 requirements every week and opens a finding wherever one falls short, citing the rule and drafting the fix. A person decides what is applied.
Each week
- Read iomfsa.im/news
- Check the library against 5 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: conduct of business
- Rule
- Isle of Man Financial Services Rule Book 2016, Pt.2
- Area
- Conduct
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- GFSC Finance Sector Code of Corporate GovernancePrinciples for the boards of all Guernsey licensees, with an annual confirmation of compliance.Guernsey · 5 controls
- GFSC Fiduciary Rules and GuidanceConduct, client asset, record keeping and resourcing rules for fiduciary licensees.Guernsey · 5 controls
- JFSC Code of Practice for Trust Company BusinessThe seven principles a registered trust company business must meet.Jersey · 7 controls
- CIMA Rule and Statement of Guidance on Corporate GovernanceCorporate governance requirements for all regulated entities, including funds and their operators.Cayman Islands · 4 controls
- Guernsey Beneficial Ownership RegimeResident agent duties to identify and register beneficial owners of Guernsey legal persons.Guernsey · 3 controls
- AI Governance for US Broker-Dealers & AdvisersSupervision, disclosure, risk management and consumer-protection expectations for generative AI and AI agents used by broker-dealers and investment advisers.United States · 8 controls
Also in Isle of Man
- Isle of Man AML/CFT Code 2019The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Code 2019, with the FSA's AML/CFT Handbook as guidance.Isle of Man · 8 controls
- Isle of Man GDPR & LED Implementing Regulations 2018The applied GDPR under the Data Protection Act 2018 (Isle of Man).Isle of Man · 9 controls
- Economic Substance (Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories)Substance requirements for relevant activities under the EU Code of Conduct Group commitments.Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories · 4 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the Isle of Man Financial Services Rule Book 2016?
Yes. Enable it and the Monitor suggests Isle of Man Financial Services Authority as a source; every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the Isle of Man Financial Services Rule Book 2016?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The catalogue records as amended. Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.



















