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The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') has published a set of draft Investment Services Rules and draft amendments to existing rulebooks for the proposed framework...

UCITS made available to retail investors in the EU need to provide a Packaged Retail Insurance-Based Investment Products Key Information Document (PRIIPs KID) as of January 1, 2023.

In November 2022 the Commissioner for Revenue issued a guidance note indicating the stock exchanges that are recognised for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts and the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act.

The Registry of Companies Online System is currently being upgraded.

James Farrugia, a partner at GANADO Advocates, speaks to Dolfin about upcoming changes in European regulations and the impact Brexit might have on the European financial services industry.

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 the 10th November 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') announced that it has restructured its Loan Funds Regime.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') has revised Chapter 3 of its Financial Institutions Rulebook (‘FIR/03'), to strengthen the regulatory framework for payment institutions...

Andrew Caruana Scicluna hosts Riccardo Conti of Fume and Stephen Gauci Baluci of CC Fund Services Limited to examine whether fund tokenisation delivers on its promises of liquidity and efficiency, or simply redistributes existing risks. The discussion explores how atomic settlement, fractional ownership, and smart contracts may reshape the roles of transfer agents, fund administrators, and settlement teams in daily operations.

As at the end of June 2019, the stock position of Foreign Direct Investment in Malta stood at €184.7 billion, while Direct Investment abroad amounted to €60.2 billion.

On 28th March 2024 the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") issued a Circular and Feedback Statement on the amendments to the Companies Act (Cell Companies Carrying on Business of Insurance)...

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.

KPMG's Infrastructure, Public Policy and Strategy team just launched the first edition of the KPMG Malta Economic Outlook in January 2023.

The Malta Bankers' Association (MBA) is following developments in the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 and the significant impact it is having on various national economies

The so-called "Unshell Directive" (proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes), which aims to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes...

DAC8 represents a pivotal shift in EU crypto-asset regulation, extending tax transparency requirements beyond traditional finance to crypto platforms and operators.

CSB Fintech Ltd has reached an important milestone by receiving the In-Principle Approval from the MFSA to act as a VFA Agent in terms of Article 7 and 14 of the Virtual Financial Assets Act (Chapter 590 of the Laws of Malta).