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On the 6th of September 2022, The Malta Financial Services Authority (the ‘MFSA') issued a circular on Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (‘MiFID II')...

Subject to certain conditions, a sub-fund of a PIF or of an AIF which is constituted as a SICAV is allowed to invest up to 50% of its assets into another sub-fund or sub-funds within the same umbrella scheme.

On 4 February 2019, the MFSA issued a circular on Banking Rule BR/14 which circular notifies credit institutions of the inclusion of an Annex to the BR in relation to the outsourcing to cloud service providers.

Cell companies have been an established feature of Maltese legislation since 2004, following the enactment of the PCC Regulations.

On 4th October 2023, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA) published a Guidance Note (the "Guidance Note") on the Fulfilment of Post-Authorisation Requirements ("PARs")...

On the 18th of November 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') issued a circular outlining its expectations following the end of the Brexit transition period on the 31st December 2020.

On the 20th March 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") issued a Circular dealing with the timing of regulatory reporting in light of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic...

On the 8 March 2021, the MFSA published a Circular which provides financial market participants and financial advisers with further information as to the application of sub-articles (1), (2) and (3)

The MFSA has, on the 9 February 2021, issued a circular on the implementation of the SFDR and the process which it will implement for the submission of offering documents of locally based collective investment schemes ...

On the 15th of January, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) issued a circular to issuers of VFAs that serves as an extension to the circular to issuers of VFAs dated 24 December 2018.

On the 2nd April 2019, the Malta Financial Services Authority issued an updated version of the Conduct of Business Rulebook

After the MFSA consultation process on the Regulation of Collective Investment Schemes Investing in Virtual Currencies and the subsequent feedback statement issued on such matter, the MFSA has published...

The regulatory treatment of Non-Fungible Tokens ("NFT"s) has been significantly questioned mainly due to their ability to take different forms. Even the latest text of the long-awaited European Union...

On 24 March 2020, the MFSA issued a circular providing information to the general public on consumer protection measures being taken by the Authority in relation to COVID-19.

The Malta Financial Services Authority yesterday issued a circular addressed to credit institutions entitled ‘Imposition of Negative Interest Rates on Euro Denominated Deposits'.

The MFSA have issued Guidelines to clarify the reporting obligations to which Alternative Investment Fund Managers ("AIFMs") are subject.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued guidelines as to the method of assessment of ‘fit and proper' persons.

This follows a consultation document on the proposed amendments to the Credit Institutions and Financial Institutions (Payments Accounts) Regulations (S.L. 371.18) (‘PAR')...