International Regulatory Updates
OCTOBER 07, 2015
Joe Bannister, chairman of the Malta Financial Services Authority, talks to Captive Review about challenges facing...
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OCTOBER 02, 2015
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC Derivatives, CCPs and Trade Repositories (EMIR) requires ESMA to develop draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) in relation to the clearing obligation.
In this context ESMA consulted stakeholders w ...
OCTOBER 01, 2015
Inside this issue:
MFSA Consumer Complaints Report
Hedgeweek Report on Fund industry
Financial Markets DevelopmentsConsultation on insurance legislation
Malta - top 20 financial jurisdictions
European Supervisory Authorities Press Releases - September 2015
MFSA Circulars & Co ...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its final technical standards (TS) on some of the most important pieces of post-crisis financial regulation: the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Central Securities De ...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
EIOPA puts forward a common supervisory approach towards the assessment of the solvency position of insurance groups operating in “equivalent” countries;
The Opinion identifies a number of supervisory practices related to the assessment of availability of eligible own funds at group level;
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines specifying the application of the definition of default. The work is in line with an EBA Discussion Paper on the topic published earlier in the year which described the EBA's upcoming work on improving consist ...
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines specifying the application of the definition of default. The work is in line with an EBA Discussion Paper on the topic published earlier in the year which described the EBA's upcoming work on improving consist ...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Link to Webpage: https://www.hedgeweek.com/2015/09/16/231564/developments-and-opportunities-malta ...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Malta is among the top financial hubs in the European Union and, in spite of the global economic crisis, the country’s financial services industry has continued to expand. Malta has stood out in Europe as one of the very few countries experiencing real growth, falling unemployment and stable publi ...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
he European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authorities (EIOPA) has launched a EIOPA - Call for Expression of Interest regarding the setting up of EIOPA Stakeholder Groups regarding the setting up of EIOPA Stakeholder Groups, the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and the Occu ...
