International Regulatory Updates
FEBRUARY 01, 2012
Low cost, efficient regulation and access to the European Union are the three key attributes that are putting Malta increasingly on the wish-list of financial firms looking for a regulatory jurisdiction, says Seonaid Mackenzie, Managing Partner at Sturgeon Ventures.
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FEBRUARY 01, 2012
Inside this issue:
Revised Financial Conglomerates Directive
Update on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
IOSCO publishes principles on suspension of CIS redemptions
Guidelines by ESMA on Exchange Traded Funds and other UCITS issues
Enforcement and Market Oversight Train ...
FEBRUARY 01, 2012
Mr Michael Duignan 51, has been appointed Director of the Securities and Markets Unit at the Malta Financial Services Authority with effect from 1st February, 2012. Mr Duignan is experienced in securities regulation and market supervision at the European level. He was previously Head of Securities a ...
JANUARY 05, 2012
Erik Nelson was working in Stamford, Connecticut, as a research analyst at FMG USA LLC, the U.S. arm of FMG, a fund of funds specializing in emerging and frontier markets, when his bosses called him into a meeting in September 2009.
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DECEMBER 12, 2011
EIOPA Publishes a Joint Report on Calibration of Risk Factors in the Standard Formula of Solvency II
Report presents a significantly improved calibration methodology.
Final proposed factors are reflective of the average size of the portfolios of insurers in the European markets to which they are applied.
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JUNE 03, 2011
[1.0 Introduction]
The Listing Authority has noted that a number of directors of companies licensed in terms of the Investment Services Act are also acting as directors of listed entities. Although the Listing Authority appreciates the fact that these persons may bring to the board of listed comp ...
JUNE 01, 2011
Inside this issue:
Malta forum examines new developments in financial crime and its prevention
Publication of the Consumer Complaints Unit Annual Report for 2010
Consultation - UCITS IV
UCITS IV and Maltese Law
Issue by FIAU of New Implementing Procedures
MFSA Notices
Licences ...
MAY 24, 2011
I- Background
In June 2010 CESR published guidance on the registration process and related issues (CESR/Ref. 10- 347), as required by Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009. CESR‟s Guidance (the “CESR Guidance”) also dealt with the endorsement regime allowing the distribution and ...
MAY 24, 2011
ESMA issues today its Guidelines on endorsement (ESMA/2011/139) in a Final Report, including a Feedback Statement.
The Guidelines address how ESMA will implement the “as stringent as” test for credit ratings produced outside the European Union, in what are named “third countries”. These c ...