News & events April 18, 2024 Maltese Parliament approves updates to the VFA Act ahead of MiCA The Maltese Parliament has just approved updates to the Virtual Financial Assets Act (Chapter 590, Laws of Malta) (“VFA...
News & events April 11, 2024 Reform of Circular CSSF 02/77 on NAV calculation errors and investment breaches Introduction The CSSF published Circular CSSF 24/856 on investor protection in the event of a NAV calculation error, non-compliance...
News & events April 3, 2024 The OECD publishes report on the 2024 edition on Competition Trends On 6 March 2024, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) published its report on global competition trends...
News & events April 2, 2024 Amendments to the competitive bidding rules for installations producing electricity from Renewable Energy Sources Regulations For a number of years the Government of Malta has sought to encourage the development of renewable energy projects...
News & events March 28, 2024 MFSA circular and feedback statement re amendments to PCC regulations On 28th March 2024 the Malta Financial Services Authority (the “MFSA”) issued a Circular and Feedback Statement on the...
News & events March 26, 2024 Will DORA impact the scope of MFSA’s Guidance on (amongst others) ICT Risk Management and Outsourcing Arrangements? As the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (the “Regulation” or, as more commonly known, “DORA”) is looming...
News & events March 26, 2024 MFSA sends letter to management bodies about its 2024 DORA ambitions DORA (the Digital Operational Resilience Act or Regulation 2022/2554) and the DORA Amending Directive (Directive 2022/2556) shall apply from...
News & events March 25, 2024 Adapting to MiCA: ESMA’s recent publications for the Crypto Industry Introduction The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has kept up the momentum ahead of the implementation of the...
News & events March 25, 2024 Malta M&A Watch: Amendments in Maltese Law facilitating Cross- Border Activity The scope of the amendments is to fully transpose Directive (EU) 2019/1151 of the European Parliament and of the...
News & events March 15, 2024 Regulatory Round-Up: Examining Recent updates in respect of MiCAR Maltese Parliament debating amendments to the VFA Act Bill No. 88, Virtual Financial Assets (Amendment) Bill (the “Bill”) is...
News & events March 14, 2024 DORA Trifecta – Three delegated regulations adopted by the Commission Three delegated regulations under the Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 or “DORA”)...
News & events February 27, 2024 The MFSA consults on a draft Conduct of Business Rulebook for Banks Deposit accounts, payment accounts, electronic money and certain categories of lending are amongst the in-scope Retail Products On the...