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Late in January 2021, the Malta Financial Services Authority published amendments to the Conduct of Business Rulebook (the "Rulebook") targeting the securities sector.

Capital Markets are often surrounded by misconceptions and technical jargon, yet they play a central role in how businesses grow and economies develop.

On the 15th December 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published the Final Report comprising of guidelines on standard templates, forms and formats...

On 26 August 2020, the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) published its 'Interpretative Note: Relevant Activity for Lawyers' (the Interpretative Note)...

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") recently updated its Questions and Answers on the Prospectus Regulation (the "Q&As") to provide clarification on the following aspects...

These include new answers on ‘MiFID practices for firms selling financial instruments subject to the BRRD resolution regime'.

The basis used to calculate the "current value of all investments" in the PAI indicators applicable to investments in investee companies should be consistent with the definition...

Considering Europe's current economic scenario, the ECB is likely to turn its gaze towards specific priorities outlining Europe's economic outlook that will most likely give rise to several questions...

The MFSA has published a circular (the "Circular") about the suspension of one of the Listing Authority's policies which, under normal circumstances, requires the Malta Stock Exchange to suspend the trading of financial instruments.

On 28 November 2019, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "Authority") issued a circular on the go live of the test environment for the settlement internalisers platform in the framework of improving securities settlement in the EU.

On 13 January 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a public statement intended to remind investment firms of the requirements under MIFID II...

A delegated third party holding assets for the clients of multiple delegating depositaries would not be required to have separate accounts for each of the delegating depositaries.

Any lending of funds needs to be adequately secured.

Despite all the historic evidence showing a rapid pace of change in technology and societies, when it comes to investment, the dominant thinking is that things will stay as they are forever.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued guidelines under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) focusing on two key areas:

On 2 October 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding data reporting issues, stemming from the European ...

In its circular published on the 20th March 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") announced that reporting obligations in terms of the SFTR...