On 10 June, 2020, the High-Level Forum (HLF) on the Capital Markets Union (CMU), an expert group set up by the European Commission composed of highly experienced industry executives.

On 18 September 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") issued a guidance note aimed to assist individuals who are requested by the MFSA to provide Source of Wealth ("SOW")...

The highly anticipated framework for Notified Professional Investor Funds ("NPIFs") has been published by the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA").

On the 25th of January 2022, MONEYVAL released a typologies report entitled ‘AML/CTF supervision in times of crisis and challenging external factors'.

On 11 June 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU issued a preliminary ruling concerning C-833/18 - Brompton Bicycle v. Chedech/Get2Get, where it provided that copyright protection may also subsist

In a recent judgement of the Court of Appeal in the names Bank of Valletta p.l.c. (subsequently succeeded by another company in the proceedings) vs F.G.S. Construction Limited et...

Several important legislative changes were published over the course of January 2026. Below is an overview of the key updates across different areas.

On the 20th December 2021, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the "OECD") issued a press release and published the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two) (the "Rules")...

There were several important legislative changes which were published over the course of February 2025. Below is an overview of the key updates across different regulatory areas.

The amendments made to MiFID II (and as transposed into the COBR) will apply as from 28 February 2022.

On the 31st of May 2024, the Sanctions Monitoring Board ("SMB") issued a Guidance Note, outlining the obligations in determining ownership and control from a sanctions implementation perspective.

Malta’s latest legal reform introduces a wide-ranging set of employment protections aimed at strengthening minimum working conditions across a number of sectors.

"Overseas, we are seeing a market gradually developing for so-called ‘senior nonpreferred debt'."

Following the budget speech delivered by the Minister of Finance on the 11 October 2021, Bill No. 247 was published before Parliament to implement some of the Budget Measures for the Financial Year 2022...

Last week, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") issued two significant consultation papers proposing amendments to its internal governance guidelines and bank resolution planning regulatory technical standards.

Act No. IX of 2025 has introduced a number of amendments to the Arbiter for Financial Services Act (Cap. 555). While most of these changes are relatively minor (see summary below)...

The 12th July 2023 marks the date on which the Foreign Subsidies Regulations (‘FSR') starts to apply, allowing the Commission to start its ex officio investigations.

The National Coordinating Committee ("NCC"), in close collaboration with the relevant government authorities involved in the fight against financial crime...

The Public Contracts Review Board (the "PCRB"), in Cases 1653 and 1656, reaffirmed that in certain circumstances a contracting authority has an obligation to seek clarification from the...

The publication of Legal Notice 86 of 2026 on 1 April 2026, which comes into force on 1 October 2026, marks a meaningful shift in how gambling services will be treated for VAT purposes in Malta.