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Compliance officers and Money Laundering Reporting Officers require specific investigative skills and an analytic approach to complement their academic qualifications, the Chief Officer Supervision of the Malta Financial Services Authority, Dr Christopher Buttigieg, explained. Dr Buttigieg also s ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority has published a Guidance Note outlining the principles and processes it would use when calculating an administrative penalty for breaches of regulatory requirements. Although the information in the Guidance Note is not binding on the Authority, it clearly ou ...

All listed entities which intended to submit their annual reports electronically by the end of April managed to do so successfully, the first time that this has been done in Malta. The obligation to prepare annual reports electronically was imposed by the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) ...

A Capital Markets Supervision Function has been established within the Malta Financial Services Authority as of 1 May 2022. The newly set up function within the MFSA’s Supervisory Directorate is intended to bring a fresh focus to the markets and listing space, and will drive the implementation of ...

In line with its commitment to protect and educate consumers of financial services, the MFSA has launched an information campaign on insurance-based investment products (IBIPs). Given the rising popularity of these financial instruments, the campaign aims to provide consumers with essential infor ...

This article Fine Tuning Our Strategy for 2022/2023 appeared on the Sunday Times of Malta dated 17 April 2022. July 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the MFSA as the single regulatory authority for financial services. Building on foundations that have been re-shaped by EU ...

Sustainable finance plays a crucial role in the transition to a sustainable future, MFSA Chief Officer Supervision Christopher Buttigieg said. He was speaking recently during a webinar organised by the Financial Supervisors Academy (FSA) on the topic of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ( ...

The Financial Supervisors Academy (FSA) is holding a webinar on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the first in a string of events launched by the FSA for 2022. The webinar is taking place on 29 March at 10:00H-14:00H, and will tackle a major trend in finance right now: respons ...

Challenging why corporate structures were set up with complex vehicles was highlighted as one of the most important aspects in the analysis of ultimate beneficial ownership, which should never become a mere “box-ticking exercise”, the deputy head of Conduct Supervision at the Malta Financial Ser ...

With particular reference to the escalating crisis with regards to Russia and the Ukraine, the Malta Financial Services Authority (“the Authority”) reminds its licence-holders of their obligation to ensure that they have effective systems and controls in place to ensure that they effectively san ...