On 26 February 2024, the Council of the European Union announced that it adopted the proposed Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU)...

The European Banking Authority Guidelines will enter into force on 30 September 2019 and contain some transitional periods for implementing a register of all outsourcing arrangements and to agree on cooperation agreements ...

Today, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has published its Annual Report on Suspicious Transaction and Order Reports ("STORs"), which aims at providing the market...

The European Council has formally adopted the EU Insurance Distribution Directive (formerly known as the Insurance Mediation Directive 2) (the "IDD") on the 14th December 2015.

On 18 October 2022, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier has issued a press release regarding eligible entities for the opening of cash accounts in relation to Luxembourg alternative investment funds.

With the entry into force of the law of 29 July 2022 (the "2022 Law") on the 12 August 2022, a series of new amendments were introduced to the Law of 13 November 2004 on the fight...

Malta's national competition authority, the Office for Competition within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority, has joined the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition...

The Trading Licences Regulations, 2017 (published on the 1st January, 2017, by means of Legal Notice 420 of 2016...

On 27 March, 2020 the European Central Bank ("ECB") issued a recommendation whereby it held that the conservation of capital resources by credit institutions should take priority

On the 20th April, 2020 the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) issued a reminder notice reminding all Subject Persons to submit the Risk Evaluation Questionnaire.

A new Legal Notice 161 of 2020 was recently published amending the principal regulations governing the Malta Individual Investor Programme of the Republic of Malta (L.N. 47 of 2014), otherwise also known as ...

The Companies (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 136) to Parliament on June 18, 2025 published in the Malta Government Gazette on June 24, 2025 (Proposed Bill)...

The Companies Act (Public Companies – Annual General Meetings) Regulations (the "Original Regulations") were promulgated during the COVID-19 pandemic to (1) extend the period for holding of annual general meetings...

The Sports Private Limited Liability Companies Regulations, 2026 introduce a novel corporate structure specifically designed for sports clubs in Malta, allowing them to operate through dedicated limited liability...

On the 22 February 2022, the MFSA published a draft Corporate Governance Code ("Code") which will be applicable to all persons authorised by the MFSA.

Most people have returned to work to ensure their businesses are back on track, but COVID-19 still poses a health risk to employees and their families.

Malta has implemented the EU Pay Transparency Directive through Legal Notice 173 of 2026, introducing comprehensive regulations on equal pay transparency and reporting that take immediate effect. The new framework establishes requirements for pay categorization, employee information rights, recruitment transparency, and enforcement mechanisms that will fundamentally reshape how pay equity claims are handled in Malta.

New Employment Agencies Regulations (LN270 of 2023) were issued today the 23rd of November 2023.

The incentives will include an income tax deduction for the employer, equivalent to the amount contributed by the employer into the pension scheme for the employee...

By means of LN 228 of 2017, entitled ‘Voluntary Occupational Pension Scheme Rules', the Government has finally launched the long awaited tax incentives for Malta pension plans...