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MFSA Reminder: Existing CSPs to Comply with new Rules by September Corporate and M&A

MFSA Reminder: Existing CSPs to Comply with new Rules by September

This article was written by Dr Simon Pullicino, Dr Petra Attard, and Dr Laura SpiteriThe Malta Financial Services Authority ('MFSA') has issued a circular directed at authorised company service providers ('CSPs') that were registered to provide CSP services prior to the entry into force of the new CSP rules. CSPs that offered CSP services on the date of entry of the new rules – 16 March 2021 – could only continue to offer such services if they applied for authorisation with the MFSA by the 16 May 2021. This application for authorisation resulted in the MFSA classifying company service providers…
Simon Pullicino
8th July 2021
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MFSA implements Fast-track Filing Procedure for Offering Documents of Collective Investment Schemes amended to comply with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations. Investment Services & Funds

MFSA implements Fast-track Filing Procedure for Offering Documents of Collective Investment Schemes amended to comply with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations.

Following the entry into force of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") in December 2020, the provisions of the said Regulations will become effective on the 10th March 2021.By way of background, the SFDR will require financial market participants and financial advisors to make pre-contractual and ongoing disclosures to investors regarding the integration of sustainability risk, the impacts of adverse sustainability, as well as the promotion of ESG characteristics and sustainable investments (as applicable). In this respect, pursuant to a circular dated 9th February 2021, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") communicated the process to be adopted for the submission…
Katya Tua
16th February 2021
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MFSA Issues Note for Information on the General Good Provisions Applicable to European Insurance Undertakings Passporting in Malta Insurance & Reinsurance

MFSA Issues Note for Information on the General Good Provisions Applicable to European Insurance Undertakings Passporting in Malta

Following the application of the Conduct of Business Rulebook to the insurance sector on the 1st October 2018, there was a lacuna in terms of the rules which European insurance undertakings are required to observe when carrying on cross-border business in Malta on a freedom of services basis. To address this lacuna, on the 16th April 2019, MFSA issued amendments to Chapter 9 of the Insurance Rules on Freedom of Establishment and Freedom to provide Services by a European Insurance Undertaking and a European Reinsurance Undertaking. These amendments identify the rules (also referred to as the general good provisions) in…
Edmond Zammit Laferla
22nd April 2019
EU Council lift sanctions against Iran News and Publications

EU Council lift sanctions against Iran

The MFSA has issued a Notice to all Financial Services Licence Holders confirming the removal of sanctions against the state of Iran via EU Council Regulations adopted on the 16th January 2016. Such measures primarily: •             Remove the entities and individuals that were previously on the sanctions lists and assets pertaining thereto. •             Removes previous restrictions relating to transfer of funds to and from Iran •             Reallows the  provision of banking services including the establishment of correspondent banking relationships and opening of accounts for non-listed Iranian institutions and persons •             Reallows the opening of branches, subsidiaries or representative offices of…
MamoTCV Advocates
1st July 2016