An indication of some COVID-related measures for the coming months has been given in a press release by the Ministry for Finance.

In this second episode, Ganado Advocates' Capital Market's Partner, Nicholas Curmi, meets with the Executive Chairman...

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).

The developments of the Commodity Trading and Risk Management ‘functions’ which are delivering significant performance and control improvements, that many leading companies have chosen to establish.

Earlier this month the United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met in open session to conduct a hearing entitled 'Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission'.

It is also important to note that these guidelines will not be translated to other European languages since their effective duration is rather short.

A two-month deferral for the payment of excise duties falling due in April or May has been announced by the Maltese Customs Department.

On the 12th June, the Malta Stock Exchange updated the Prospects MTF Rules, which are applicable to small and medium-sized enterprises desirous to float their capital on the market known as "Prospects".

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has published its Feedback Statement on the Consultation on the Proposed Regulation of Collective Investment Schemes investing in Virtual Currencies following the issuance of the Consultation Document on 23 October 2017.

The consultation period will run until the 31st August 2018.

Furthermore, the ECJ also held that it is up to the national court (on behalf of the borrower in his capacity as applicant) to make an assessment to determine objectively if a contractual term is unfair.

The government has issued amendments to the Malta Residence & Visa Programme which have consequently entered into force after the official publication of the amendments in the Government Gazette No. 20,056 of the year 2018.

During the budget speech delivered on the 17th of October, the Government introduced a number of measures designed to incentivise further growth of Malta's capital markets.

Binance, the world's largest crypto currency exchange by volume traded, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MSX plc ...

BNF Bank p.l.c. has celebrated its very first listing on the Malta Stock Exchange with the traditional "Ringing of the Bell" ceremony.

Under European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), certain OTC financial derivative transactions became subject to clearing with a central counterparty with an aim of reducing the counterparty risk of the parties to the said transactions.

Following recent events whereby various US stocks have experienced high price volatility due to a significant accumulation of net short positions and concerted action by retail investors due to...

In support of Malta's and the European Union's (the "EU") commitments to the promotion of sustainable finance and investments, the Malta Stock Exchange (the "MSE") announced that...

The Malta Financial Services Authority has published a circular with some updates on the procedures to be followed when seeking approval for admissibility to listing on a regulated market, and for prospectus approvals (the "Circular").

In November 2022 the Commissioner for Revenue issued a guidance note indicating the stock exchanges that are recognised for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts and the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act.