OFFICIALS from Jersey went to the US Embassy in London last month to show the Americans that the Island’s financial compliance armoury is every bit as strong as that of the United States’.

And French government officials are expected to come to the Island in the next couple of months on a fact-finding visit to see for themselves how well the Island’s finance industry is regulated.

Details of both visits were revealed during a talk given to members of the Jersey Compliance Officers Association earlier this week by the executive head of the Island’s financial regulator, John Harris.

Mr Harris, the director general of the Jersey Financial Services Commission, told the audience of 150 at the Town Hall that he was among a party who travelled to London just before Christmas.

And they took with them information that proved that Jersey’s compliance with international standards was even better than that of the United States in a number of areas.