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On 26 February 2024, the Council of the European Union announced that it adopted the proposed Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU)...

On the 11th December 2015 the EBA launched a consultation on its draft technical standards on the framework for cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities for passporting under Payment Services Directive II.

Given the ever-increasing risks of cyber-attacks, the European Union (the ‘EU') has been strengthening the information and communication technology (the ‘ICT')...

The European Banking Authority Guidelines will enter into force on 30 September 2019 and contain some transitional periods for implementing a register of all outsourcing arrangements and to agree on cooperation agreements ...

On 27 March 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published a Final Report: Guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements (the "Final Report").

Today, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has published its Annual Report on Suspicious Transaction and Order Reports ("STORs"), which aims at providing the market...

On the 22nd of July, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced that a package of measures has been agreed upon...

The European Central Bank (ECB) published a draft Regulation on supervisory fees and launched a public consultation on it on 27th May 2014.

The MFSA has issued a circular outlining the legislative instruments being implemented in the area of sustainable finance at EU level, as well as the initiatives being taken by the MFSA in this regard

On February 8th, 2021 the European Commission has initiated the public consultation phase to review the VAT treatment of provision of insurance and financial services.

One of the regulatory requirements that stems from the regulatory instruments applicable to MGA licensees is that of the submission of audited financial statements for each financial year, by not later than 180 days ...

In June 2021 Malta was placed on the grey list by the FATF. The ‘grey list' officially refers to Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring and essentially includes countries that have significant deficiencies in their AML and CFT framework.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued guidance to consumers in order to safeguard their interests. In view of the social distancing guidelines...

On the 20th April, 2020 the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) issued a reminder notice reminding all Subject Persons to submit the Risk Evaluation Questionnaire.

MDB launched the COVID-19 Guarantee Scheme aimed at guaranteeing loans granted by banks to meet new working capital requirements of businesses.

Payment for applications, authorisations and ongoing licence fees are to be submitted to the MFSA by means of a bank transfer using the details provided in the circular.

Following the public consultation launched in 2019 on draft guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID II compliance function requirements, on 5 June 2020 the European Securities and Markets....

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published the 2024 edition of its Market Report on EU Prospectuses (‘the Report').