Sarah Farrugia discusses the proposed changes to the Alternative Investment Funds Directive.

The DCS Regulations have recently been amended by Parliament through Legal Notice 43/2019. One of the main amendments states that e-money, and funds received in exchange for e-money, were added to the list of non-eligible deposits.

On behalf of the team, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for those who attended this year's seminar.

The ESMA has issued an updated Q&A in relation to the Implementation of the Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR).

News agency Reuters claims that Bruegel, an economic think-tank has prepared a report, written for the Austrian Presidency for the Council of the EU for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting ...

In this episode of Ganado Meets the Malta ESG Alliance, Ganado's Andre Zerafa speaks with Joyce Grech, Head of Commercial Banking at HSBC Bank Malta, about how the bank's global net-zero ambition is shaping its sustainability agenda.

In this episode of Ganado Meets the ESG Alliance, Ganado's Luke Hili discusses with Etienne Sciberras, CEO of MAPFRE Middlesea...

The Association of Insurance Brokers in Malta, in conjunction with FinanceMalta, will be organising an event in London entitled ‘Malta – The Insurance Market Landscape' on the 3rd of October...

MFSA publishes Virtual Financial Assets Rules for VFA Agents.

The MFSA has issued a consultation paper in order to present to the industry a draft legal notice setting out regulations on [i] the high level principles ...

On 16th February 2018, The Government of Malta launched a three week consultation period on the establishment of an Authority to be known as the Malta Digital Innovation Authority and the framework for the certification of Distributed Ledger Technology Platforms and related service providers.

On 21 March 2019, the ECB published its annual report on supervisory activities for 2018 which report highlights the ECB's key achievements during the same year under the single supervisory mechanism.

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament has recently issued a draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral.

Last month, the European Commission published its report on the EU syndicated loan sector based on the research undertaken by the research was undertaken for DG Competition of the European Commission.

There has been considerable interest in a new product now available in Malta: the self-managed Notified Professional Investor Fund launched in February 2025.

On 2nd April, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") issued a circular to credit institutions on dividend distributions or share buybacks

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") recently updated its question and answer document on the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR"). The updated document...

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") recently updated its question and answer document on the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR").

The Malta Financial Services Authority has issued new ICT circulars highlighting critical deficiencies in digital operational resilience among financial firms, particularly in authorisation applications and DORA compliance.

Disruptions in banking are pushing banks to take more explicit strategy decisions.