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On 29 January 2021, the Minister for Finance published Legal Notice 29 of 2021 which introduced several amendments with retroactive effect from 31 December 2020 in relation to the benefits provided in the Highly Qualified Persons Rules.

The International Monetary Fund’s annual Article IV report on Malta confirmed the stability of Malta as a financial services jurisdiction.

"Driven by new realities, and a commitment to our environment, we are emulating governments and other corporates around the world to minimise our environmental...

The local property market continues to experience growth year on year, despite the various challenges derived from an increase in construction costs, excess-supply, and affordability constraints.

Malta Budget 2020

The Minister for Finance and Financial Services presented the Budget 2021 on 19th October 2020 in the House of Representatives of Malta.

The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) is the main piece of EU legislation in this area.

Malta's financial regulator has proposed a new regulatory pathway for aircraft financial leasing companies that offers an alternative to existing licensing requirements. The consultation introduces Article 3B to the Financial Institutions Act, creating a registration-based framework with specific substance and governance requirements that could reshape how aviation finance entities establish operations in Malta.

The Maltese Parliament has just approved updates to the Virtual Financial Assets Act (Chapter 590, Laws of Malta) ("VFA Act") to ensure further alignment with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).

The Maltese Presidency of the ECOFIN of the EU and the European Parliament reached an agreement on a programme aimed at better-involving consumers of financial services in policymaking.

The provisions of both these legal instruments will apply as of the 3rd July 2016.

The MFSA refers to the Industry Update dated 27th April 2015 wherein it had disseminated ESMA's Consultation Paper on draft guidelines on complex debt instruments and structured deposits.

Ahead of the implementation Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (‘the DORA Regulation'), the MFSA issued a Consultation Document on 16 January 2024...

The MFSA has issued a circular containing the additional conditions introduced for Investment Service Providers within Investment Services Rules in relation to binary options trading.

The MFSA has issued a Notice regarding applicants for a Category 2 or Category 3 Investment Services licence that would like to carry out online forex trading.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has taken a significant step towards modernising Malta's investment fund industry with the publication of a detailed position paper on the tokenisation of fund units or shares...

The Notices set out the criteria that will be applied by the MFSA in assessing the licence applications of entities that would like to carry out either online forex or binary options trading respectively.