Malta’s reputation as a hedge fund domicile was established with the island’s accession to the European Union in May 2004. Malta regularly
receives high rankings in benchmarking reports and the World Economic Forum ranks Malta above average for almost every metric in financial
market development. Oliver Wyman recently analyzed all European fund domicile jurisdictions, and Malta came out as the one with the
strongest growth.

Flexible regulation, transparency and good governance have long been some of Malta’s key advantages, as well as its status as a costeffective domicile for funds, asset managers, fund administrators and for custodians catering to the thriving fund industry.

Malta’s banking system is well regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). On 1 May 2004, the Central Bank of Malta joined
the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and on 1 January 2008, it became part of the Eurosystem.

While this Roundtable highlights some of the strong points for Malta like geography, low labor costs, etc., what fund managers and fund
promoters are really interested in is how the regulator works. Here Malta stands out for its approachability of the regulator and a strong drive
to innovate, obviously within the larger European framework.

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