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Recognising the serious implications of the growing threat of COVID-19, the European Commission has on 13 March 2020 launched a series of proposed

The Securitisation Cell Companies Regulations were introduced by Legal Notice 411 of 2014.

Pursuant to a circular published by the MFSA on 15 November 2022, all investment services providers will need to submit an online self-assessment to determine whether the activities which they carry out fall within the scope of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Pursuant to a circular published by the MFSA on 15 November 2022, all investment services providers will need to submit an online self-assessment to determine whether the activities...

In light of the current pandemic in which we find ourselves, the MFSA has announced that it will be extending the deadlines for submission of regulatory reporting for investment firms, investment funds and fund managers...

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive was introduced in 2013. The aim of the Directive is to regulate the provision of fund management services by fund managers to alternative investment funds.

Malta’s Vision for the Future of Asset Management was outlined by Chairman Prof JV Bannister during the Third Annual Malta Spring Fund Conference.

In November 2020, ESMA published its "Guidance on performance fees in investment funds – applicable to undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities and certain types of Alternative Investment Funds".

Fund managers don’t like surprises. And it is this aversion to anything unknown that has caused the more "traditional" financial centres like London, Luxembourg, Ireland and Switzerland to boom as financial centres towards which fund managers have gravitated and established themselves over the past 20-odd years.

There were several important legislative changes which were published over the course of April 2025. Below is an overview of the key updates across different areas.

The European Ucits brand is a seal of quality recognised in financial centres the world over, spanning from Asia to the Americas.

By definition, the scope of Collective Investment Schemes is to pool money from a number of investors, to be invested by a fund manager.

On the 3rd April, 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final guidelines on performance fees in Undertakings for Collective Investments

With the intent to verify the extent to which entities licensed in Malta have proper governance, compliance and risk management procedures in place and whether these are actually being complied with...

Following the entry into force of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") in December 2020, the provisions of the said Regulations will become effective on the 10th March 2021.

The MFSA published a Rulebook on the "Standard Licence Conditions applicable to Collective Investment Schemes authorised to invest through Loans".

As Maltese regulated companies turn to third-parties for back- and middle-office support such as risk management and compliance, choosing the right partner becomes increasingly critical.