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AI in Investment Services: MIFID Considerations Investment Services & Funds

AI in Investment Services: MIFID Considerations

This article is part of our EU AI Act series which explores the effect of the AI Act across various industries and sectors.  Investment legislation can be split into two broad categories: investment funds and investment services. The former principally relates to UCITS, AIFMD and local laws which regulate asset management and their service providers. The latter relates to regulating financial instruments and the investment markets thereof. The interplay of AI with investment funds was discussed by our Firm in a series of six insights last year titled “AI and Funds” which can be read here.  Hence, in this article in the ongoing…
Warren Ciantar and Mario Mizzi
25th October 2024
AI Act’s Impact on Businesses Operating Within the EU
The AI Act’s Impact on Businesses Operating Within the EU Telecoms, Media & Technology

The AI Act’s Impact on Businesses Operating Within the EU

This article is part of our EU AI Act series which explores the effect of the AI Act across various industries and sectors. Introduction The first article (see link below) in this EU AI Act series provided, inter alia, a breakdown of the scope, applicability, timeline and risk levels of the AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”). The Act introduces significant obligations for all businesses developing or deploying AI that affect persons in the EU, with major fines for non-compliance. Crucially, the Act is extraterritorial in nature, since it also applies to businesses established in…
Andrea Theuma, Tessa Borg Bartolo and Sofia Said Salomone
17th October 2024
The EU AI Act
The EU AI Act: A General Overview Telecoms, Media & Technology

The EU AI Act: A General Overview

This article is part of our EU AI Act series which explores the effect of the AI Act across various industries and sectors.  Overview & Applicability Timeline The Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act” or “Regulation”), officially Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, is a groundbreaking legislative framework designed to address the benefits and risks of AI technologies. Since AI is becoming ubiquitously integrated into various industries, the AI Act aims to ensure that these technologies are deployed safely, ethically, and transparently by establishing rules for AI Systems throughout the European Union (“EU”). The AI Act entered into force across the EU, including Malta,…
Claude Micallef Grimaud and Nicole Bonett
30th September 2024
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Status of DORA Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”) DORAFinTechTelecoms, Media & Technology

Status of DORA Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”)

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector ( “DORA”) establishes the EU legislative framework for enhancing digital resilience within the EU’s financial industry. Enforcement commences on 17th January 2025 and the EU Commission is tasked with issuing Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”) which supplement DORA. The EU Commission publishes the RTS in the Official Journal as Commission Delegated Regulations, but they are largely based on the input of the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESA”) which comprise of ESMA, EBA and EIOPA. The draft RTS submitted to the European…
Mario Mizzi and Nicole Bonett
17th September 2024
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Malta’s Draft Order Transposing the EU NIS 2 Directive Now Open for Public Consultation DORATelecoms, Media & Technology

Malta’s Draft Order Transposing the EU NIS 2 Directive Now Open for Public Consultation

The Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment (MHSE) published the proposed Maltese draft order for the transposition of the EU Network and Information Systems Directive II (‘NIS 2’) on 6 September 2024. The draft order, titled ‘Measures For A High Common Level Of Cybersecurity Across The European Union (Malta) Order, 2024’ (the ‘Draft Order’) is currently open for public consultation until 7 October, seeking input for the effective implementation of the NIS 2 Directive in Malta, which must be transposed in national law by 17 October 2024. The Draft Order implements the NIS 2 Directive which significantly expands upon…
Mamo TCV Advocates
13th September 2024
Mamo TCV Advocates: The EU regime regulating Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) has been updated through the publication of the AIFMD II which replaces the first AIFMD originally published more than ten years ago.
Maltese Implications from the EU’s AIFMD II Directive Investment Services & Funds

Maltese Implications from the EU’s AIFMD II Directive

The regulatory landscape for investment fund management within the EU underwent an evolution with the enactment of ‘Directive (EU) 2024/927 on Delegation Arrangements, Liquidity Risk Management, Supervisory Reporting, the Provision of Depositary and Custody Services and Loan Origination by Alternative Investment Funds’, commonly referred to as AIFMD II (or the “Directive”).  The legal regime regulates alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) and their fund managers. AIFMD II replaces the first AIFMD. The publication of the AIFMD II in the EU's Official Journal on the 26th of March 2024 marked the commencement of this new phase in European fund regulation, with the Directive…
Mario Mizzi
23rd April 2024