Crystal Concise: September 2023

Our regular snapshot from the Crystal team of some of the highlights and points of note for finance and corporate comms pros from around the jurisdictions this past month...

• Cayman: draft legislation was published to enhance beneficial ownership procedures in line with FATF requirements

• Jersey: the Jersey Evening Post got itself shortlisted for a Media Freedom Awards, in the Regional News Media Organisation of the Year category

• IoM: in a show of democracy, the IoM government held an open conference for all residents to engage around key topics and issues faced by Islanders

• Luxembourg: a media investigation including the Luxembourg Times shone a light on the financing of fossil fuels

• IoM: Media IoM has a new editor - Dion Jones took over the reins at the group which owns the Examiner, Courier, Independent as well as iomtoday.co.im and gef.im

• Social Media: Threads significantly enhanced its functionality by rolling out keyword search on a country by country basis

• CIPR Research: two new CIPR studies were launched – one found that almost half of big businesses in the UK are failing to recognise the risk of reputational damage while another found that AI tools are helping PR pros with 40% of tasks