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ARTICLE · 27 DECEMBER 2023

MFSA Issues Framework For Notified Professional Investor Funds

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The highly anticipated framework for Notified Professional Investor Funds ("NPIFs") has been published by the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA").

MaltaFinance and Banking
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The highly anticipated framework for Notified Professional Investor Funds ("NPIFs") has been published by the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA"). NPIFs will complement the suite of fund products available in Malta and we expect this new regime to be a key tool for fund launches by sub-threshold managers.

Similar to Notified AIFs, NPIFs are not authorised or licensed by the MFSA but merely notified to the MFSA. This will significantly condense time to market, allowing funds to be launched in very short timeframes, within a maximum of 10 working days from the submission of a complete notification pack to the MFSA.

In broad terms, NPIFs can only be managed by:

(a) locally licensed de minimis AIFMs;

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