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The Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP) is organising its annual conference on the 19th of May, 2023 with the theme “Transforming Financial Services: The Time is Now!”.

Various practitioners and regulators from Malta will be tackling a wide range of highly relevant issues for the financial services community, including:

• the Malta Business Registry’s evolution over the past year and the future challenges it faces
• a strategy for the Maltese financial services industry
• the relevance of international financial centres
• an update on the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)
• Malta’s tax system and recent international developments in the area of taxation
• Malta’s economic update
• developments in the investment funds industry and capital markets
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and FinTech opportunities

A number of partners from Ganado Advocates will be participating in the Conference.

Stephen Attard, Partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance and Tax team, will be moderating a session with the Registrar of Companies dealing with the evolution of the Malta Business Registry over the past year, the challenges it faces in the future, and the impact which the MBR operations have on practitioners and their businesses.

James Farrugia (Partner in the firm’s Investment Services and Funds team) and Nicholas Curmi (Partner in the firm’s Capital Markets team) will take part in a panel session entitled ‘Funds and Capital Markets: What’s on the Horizon?’. This discussion will focus on the emergence of Notified PIFs and potential developments in sustainable finance, as well as the ongoing developments in the regulated business sphere.

For further information about the event, please visit the following link.