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The European Commission has adopted new implementing technical standards under the Market Abuse Regulation, fundamentally changing how issuers must maintain insider lists.

FinanceMalta reached out to Lorraine Vella, the newly appointed Head of Capital Markets Supervision at the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)...

In 2015, the MFSA conducted a Thematic Review Questionnaire amongst 60 authorised trust companies (‘authorised persons'), which represent approximately half of the licence holders authorised in terms of the Trusts and Trustees Act.

Following the issue of the Malta Financial Services Authority's ("MFSA") consultation document on Security Token Offerings on 19th July 2019 which aimed to pave the way to legal certainty for Security Token Offerings ("STOs") in the Maltese financial markets.

Malta's Bill No. 7 proposes groundbreaking amendments to the Companies Act that would legally recognize distributed ledger technology and tokenized shares in corporate registers.

Updates on the obligations to report to Trade Repositories and the requirement to clear through CCPs

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus, has made social distancing - whether it is mandated or strongly advised by governments - somewhat of a rule to live-by. Businesses are naturally feeling the deleterious economic impact...

It comes as no surprise that internal governance was one of the key topics for supervisory attention identified by the European Banking Authority ("EBA") in its 2019 convergence plan.

Malta’s company law framework may be taking an important step towards accommodating the infrastructure of digital capital markets.

On 7 October 2022, the European Parliament and Council approved a set of Technical Standards[1](the "Technical Standards") supplementing the European Market Infrastructure Regulation[2] ("EMIR").

Firstly I want to point out that I really enjoyed listening to the different points of views from some High level Maltese key market players had to say, especially the regulators.

On the 31st of January, 2023, the Directive (EU) 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border...

The Crowdfunding Services Regulation came into force this week, providing harmonised regulation of European Crowdfunding Service Providers.

Welcome to the third edition of our 2025 Legal & Regulatory Updates, where we bring you the latest developments designed to keep you informed and ahead in a fast-evolving landscape. In this issue, we cover...

Share pledges constitute one of the most commonly used forms of security in Maltese corporate and financing transactions. They are primarily regulated by the Companies Act...

WH Partners responds to the European Commission's targeted consultation on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), advocating for proportionate rules that protect customers while supporting competition and innovation. The submission addresses critical issues including fair access for smaller firms, national supervision frameworks, stablecoin regulation, and the boundaries between blockchain technology and financial services regulation.

On 21 March, 2017, the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 ("Amending Act") came into force after having been passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 495 of 15 March, 2017.

Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (the Electronic Commerce Directive), comprises a variety of activities which take place online.