International Regulatory Updates

What’s Inside This Issue: WEF confirms Malta amongst top financial jurisdictions ESMA Peer Review on Guidelines on Enforcement of Financial Information MFSA advises on Critical Supervision and resulting Administrative Measures The European Deposit Insurance Scheme: a myth or a fact? ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Opinion on the design and calibration of a new prudential framework for investment firms, which is specifically tailored to the needs of investment firms' different business models and inherent risks. The Opinion includes a series of recommend ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published today its revised Guidelines on Internal Governance. These Guidelines aim at further harmonising institutions' internal governance arrangements, processes and mechanisms across the EU, in line with the new requirements in this area introduced in the ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to amend the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which specify the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the supervisory information to be disclosed by competent authorities. Th ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to amend the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which specify the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the supervisory information to be disclosed by competent authorities. Th ...

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today guidelines to prevent the abuse of funds transfers for terrorist financing and money laundering purposes. These guidelines are part of the ESAs' wider work on fostering a consistent approac ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to amend the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which specify the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the supervisory information to be disclosed by competent authorities. Th ...

This consultation gives interested parties the opportunity to comment on a guide to general credit institution licensing assessments and a guide to assessments of fintech credit institution licence applications. Click here to access webpage. ...

What’s Inside This Issue: MFSA – Conference – Conclusions and developments regarding the Financial Services dossiers - Malta EU Council Presidency 2017 Consultation document for the strengthening of the Malta Financial Services Authority Direct investment in Malta and Abroad Fitc ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published amendments to the ECB regulation on reporting of supervisory financial information (Regulation ECB/2015/13). The ECB regulation lays down the rules and procedures for financial reporting by banks on an individual basis (solo reporting) and also for con ...