Subject: Are you ready to go wild?

Hello there People!


Are you READY to PARTY? 💃🕺🪩


Gear up for what promises to be an exciting night rejoicing over 2023's achievements and dancing away all the challenges that you've faced this year! It's time to bond again with colleagues and nurture the relationship we share for a more prosperous year ahead!


P.S: Do not forget to take as many pictures as possible and send us same to feature in next week's Gazette 📷


TECHNICAL NEWS

1. 33rd IMF Bi-Annual Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) 2023

The Financial Services Commission, Mauritius (the “Commission”) is launching the 33rd IMF Bi-Annual Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey 2023 - Semester 1 to collect data on securities held by residents of Mauritius issued by unaffiliated non-resident enterprises (referred to as Portfolio Investment) as at 30 June 2023 by country of the issuer.


2. The Financial Services (Framework for the Imposition of Administrative Penalties) (Amendment) Rules 2023.

Kindly check the attached for the FSC Rules made by the FSC under Section 93 of the Financial Services Act.


3. Financial Crimes Commission Bill.

The object of this Bill is to provide for the establishment of the Financial Crimes Commission (the Commission), which will be the apex agency in Mauritius to detect, investigate and prosecute financial crimes such as corruption offences, money laundering offences, fraud offences, the financing of drug dealing offences and any other ancillary offence connected thereto. Please refer to the attached.


3. Investec Communique | Digital optimization | Updated requirements for Incoming Mauritian Rupee EFT routing instructions

As part of their ongoing commitment to optimise their digital capabilities over the next few months, Investec will be enhancing their Straight Through Processing (STP) for both incoming and outgoing payments.


Investec is kicking off this journey with ‘incoming Mauritian rupee Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) routing instructions’. You can refer to the attached email.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ITL | Introducing you to ESG

In view of promoting the awareness and benefits of embedding ESG considerations in business operations, ITL has issued an ESG focused newsletter to clients, introducing the notion of ESG and ESG Intellis Solutions. Please refer to the attached.

ITL | KnowBe4

As per communicated by Viveka, ITL has recently acquired a new Learning Management System (LMS), KnowBe4, allowing staff to undertake training sessions.


ITL staff are reminded to complete the Security Awareness Proficiency Assessment (SAPA) in which they have been enrolled.

Token Bearers

Congratulations to our new batch of token bearers 🎉

ITL | Job Fair

ITL will be present at the Mauritius Finance Job Fair this Saturday 9 December at Tribeca Mall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Should you know anyone who might be interested, invite them for a chat with our team.

End of year

In view of the prevailing weather conditions, those who are coming in their own transport are requested to be careful on the road and to take all the necessary precautions.


This being said, are you as excited as we are to partyyy tonight? 😜😉

Christmas Time!


BUs, are you ready for Christmas? 😁

HAPPENINGS

Gravity Event with GRIT


Tuesday called for a Gravity Max Event with GRIT team. ITL, Perigeum, CMB, Ince and Accresco had the chance to race the GRIT team on the e-karting track! 🏎


We-Recycle


We-Recycle is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, to collect for recycling and to help shape policies, legislation and recycling programs that will help keep Mauritius clean and green. 🌎♻


ITL recently donated a significant number of old laptops to We-Recycle. The latter is going to partner with some organizations and is indirectly supported by Google to refurbish old laptops and donate to schools. Preeshma attended the launch of the project where the U.S Ambassador, H. E. Henry Jardine was present along with other partners collaborating together for the project.

Birthday party | Human Capital


Human Capital team celebrated the birthday of Vidya this week. Look how good the chocolate cake looks! 🍰😜

Birthday party | Team Amethyst


Team Amethyst is back in gazette with a birthday celebration for Alicia and Laurie. 🍰😜

Lunch time | Team Amber


Sometimes it is important to disconnect with the chaos of work and engage in a team activity to boost the team spirit.


Therefore, please find below some memories created and captured of the lunch organised by Team Amber at office on 30th November 2023 with the theme 'Build your own burger' followed by 'Build your own ice cream'. Do you guys take orders? 😜

Andersen | Christmas Advent Calendar


Seems like Andersen team is already in the festive mode! To unwrap the spirit of joy every day, the People's First Committee (a small activity team within Andersen) launched a festive office advent calendar to spread cheer as each staff discovers a daily dose of surprise. 🎄


These treats transform the office into a festive wonderland.

Andersen | Eco-friendly initiative


Andersen is opting for a greener approach by installing a charger for electric cars. 🚗

BIRTHDAYS & NEWCOMERS

Wishing you a happy birthday! 😊

  • Shabaaz Mohammad

  • Kashika Ramchurn

  • Camille Therese

  • Raj Kissoon

  • Francoise Chan

  • Sanjana Neermul

  • Jayesh Ramdonee

  • Chesna Cahoolessur

  • Sanjana Hanjary

Wishing you all a warm welcome! 😎  

Salomé Leblanc-Perraud has joined Team Marketing/Communication on the 7 December 2023

KI BON PLAN

Christmas Market

  • La Place Cap Tamarin

  • Saturday 9 December

  • 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Christmas Market

  • Bo'Valon

  • Saturday 9 December from 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM

  • Sunday 10 December from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Krea'terre

  • Institut français de Maurice

  • Saturday 9 December

  • 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Azuri Christmas Market

  • Azuri Ocean & Golf Village

  • Saturday 9 December

  • 4:00 PM

Cine sous les Étoiles | Harry Potter and the Death Hallows (Part 1)

  • Ebene Recretional Park

  • Saturday 9 December

  • 7:00 PM

Cosmaucon

  • Hua Lien Club

  • Sunday 10 December

  • 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Wishing you a niceeee weekend ahead People and we see you all in a bit! 😜


Hasta La Vista People! 🙋‍♀️


Crazily Yours,

The Gazette Committee