With the ultimate goal of reviving the securitisation market and thus improving the financing of the EU economy, the EU Commission published a draft Regulation on Securitisation on the 30th September, 2015.

Licence Holders should ensure full awareness of the implications that these instruments will bring into force.

Issue No. 14 of the Banking & Fintech weekly Newsletter is now available.

EBA issues guidelines on credit risk mitigation for institutions applying the IRB approach with own estimates of LGDs ◾New action plan by the EU Commission for a comprehensive Union policy on AML-CFT

Bank of Valletta has today announced that it is engaged in advanced negotiations to sell part of its portfolio of long-standing non-performing loans (Portfolio)...

By means of a circular issued on Thursday 18th June 2015, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) noted revisions made to the following Investment Services Rulebooks (Introductions)...

On the 29 July 2019, ESMA published an updated version of its Q&As on the requirements for submission of reference data under MiFIR, ...

On 22 March 2019, the MFSA issued a circular to all credit institutions and branches relating to changes to be implemented by entities when submitting ITS on Supervisory Reporting data to the Authority.

The Malta Financial Services Authority has become aware that an unregistered financial service provider operating under the name Wire Prepay is claiming to be licensed to offer services...

It is also important to note that these guidelines will not be translated to other European languages since their effective duration is rather short.

If you are a Category 2 (UCITS / AIFM) Investment Services Licence Holder, the Interim Financial Return for the 3rd Quarter, is due to the MFSA by 31st October, 2015.

As part of its new Capital Markets Union Action Plan of September 2020 on 19 November 2021, the European Commission published a consultation document seeking general views on a proposed listing act...

EU Council adopts two acts to release funds from EU budget; amending the structural and investment funds rules and extending the EU Solidarity Fund.

A two-month deferral for the payment of excise duties falling due in April or May has been announced by the Maltese Customs Department.

Further to the earlier notification by the Maltese Customs Department of a two-month deferral for the payment of excise duties falling due in April or May, Legal Notice 147 has been published which enacts such notification.

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced (click to view the content) a temporary reduction in capital requirements for market risk, by allowing banks to adjust the supervisory component of these requirements.

Following last Wednesday’s ECB April Conference where the quantitative easing programme and its effect on the European corporate bond market were high on the priority list, the ECB has now published its Quarterly Bank Lending Survey.

As mandated in terms of Article 20(13) of the Prospectus Regulation (the ‘Regulation'), on the 21 July 2022, ESMA published its peer review of the...

On the 30 September 2022, the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") published their final report on the draft regulatory technical standards ("RTS") complementing...

On the 23 October 2015 the FATF issued a public statement whereby it identified the jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies to the international financial system.