There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the tide on digital transformation. In financial services, the fintech market in particular continued to expand...

Malta's financial regulator discusses the evolving landscape of capital markets, examining how digitalization and changing investor behaviors are reshaping the relationship between retail investors, institutional markets, and regulatory oversight.

The budget speech was delivered by Professor Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance, on the 17th October 2017 with the title of ‘Malta: Wealth to reach Everyone'.

The choice is stark for Malta. Dr Max Ganado, Consultant at Ganado Advocates, believes we need to get the focus right, balance it with the risks that exist and make sure we block the risks...

In 2008, Jersey introduced two new classes of fund which, while domiciled in Jersey, are free from regulation by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. The new classes were created by exemption from the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and are named the Unregulated Eligible Investor Fund and Unregulated Exchange Traded Fund.

The Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") has circulated a consultation document that proposes a comprehensive revision of the Capital Market Rules applicable to the Institutional Financial Securities Market ("IFSM").

Under Maltese law, collective investment schemes that qualify as Professional Investor Funds ("PIFs") are subject to a significantly lighter and more flexible regime than retail funds.

Below are the salient points of the Malta Budget for the year 2020, which was presented to the House of Representatives by the Hon. Prof. Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance, on 14 October 2019.

As reported by the Times of Malta the ECB announced its weekly main refinancing operations (MRO) on Monday 11th May.

•Malta registered the highest fiscal surplus in the EU – Malta registered a surplus of €392.7 million, equivalent to 3.5% of GDP in 2017.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (together with the Malta Business Registry and the Malta Stock Exchange) have published a number of circulars setting out certain new procedures...

As the world transitions to a low-carbon economy, the drive towards scaling up the financing of investments which embrace ESG (environmental, social and governance) principles and result in...

The lending market in Malta has traditionally been a conservative one. This factor contributed significantly towards the stability of Maltese credit institutions and debt security issuers during...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a feedback letter following a series of supervisory inspections carried out between 2020 and 2024.

On 14 July 2025, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") published a Dear CEO letter addressed to all chief executive officers, directors...

In 2013 the Transparency Directive was amended to include, inter alia, a requirement for issuers (whose securities are listed on the Official List of the Malta Stock Exchange or on any other EU

Notions of "good governance, "proper governance", are used way too liberally nowadays. Up until recently though, the value and significance of these ideals had been relegated to the realm...

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

2021 will be remembered (or outright forgotten) for a variety of reasons. Indeed, in and amongst the pandemic-related doom and gloom, 2021 may be viewed as a watershed moment for all matters ESG...