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PwC Malta, in collaboration with FinanceMalta, has carried out the first local Financial Services Survey.

On the rapidly developing subject on sustainable finance, yet another deadline looms. On the 1st of January 2023 the final report on the on the draft Regulatory Technical Standards ("RTS"),...

The Malta Financial Services Authority has announced the launch of a new framework applicable for notification of Alternative Investment Funds [the Notified AIFs] which will be promoted to qualifying or professional investors.

Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs") refer to companies managing and owning a diversified portfolio of properties.

On 12 April 2021, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") issued a circular to collective investment schemes (locally licensed or notified) the requirement for all collective investment schemes to submit a new fund return...

The Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") has published a brochure "A Guide to the Establishment of Custody Operations (Depositaries) in Malta", explaining the licensing requirements for custodians (depositaries) established in Malta.

The MFSA has announced its intention to consolidate and reduce the number of fund frameworks which are currently available to fund promoters in terms of the Investment Services Act and the applicable Investment Services Rules.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is about to launch a new investment framework – the Notified Alternative Investment Funds framework - in tandem with Luxembourg's Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF)...

On 22nd December 2022, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") issued a circular on the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the "Regulation") on Key Information Documents...

On 22nd December 2022, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") issued a circular on the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the "Regulation") on Key Information Documents...

When providing investment advice or portfolio management services, licence holders are to assess the whether a particular product is suitable for a client or potential client.

The MFSA recently published a set of documents formalising the implementation of the National Private Placement Regime in Malta.

The Office of the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Accommodation published a White Paper entitled "Renting as a Housing Alternative" on the 15th October 2018.

The Retirement Pensions Act (Chapter 514 of the Laws of Malta) which was published by means of Act No. XVI of 2011 in the Government Gazette on the 5th August 2011 came into force on the 1st January 2015.

The Investment Services Act (CAP. 370 of the laws of Malta) defines collective investment schemes as arrangements which, inter alia, "operate according to the principle of risk spreading".

The Malta Free Zones Act 2019 was published as Act XV of 2019 on 31 May 2019. This Act allows the Minister responsible for Customs to designate areas or parts of Malta as Free Zones.

Following a proposed regulation regarding the European fund for strategic investments (EFSI), on the 10th of March the Council agreed on its negotiating position with regards to this proposal.