International Regulatory Updates

In its meeting on 24 February 2015, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) decided not to carry out an EU-wide stress test in 2015 and to start preparing for the next exercise in 2016. Instead of a stress test, in 2015, the EBA will be running a transparency exercise in lin ...

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EIOPA provides key input for the assessment of (re)insurance companies’ solvency and financial position under Solvency II; The ultimate goal is to benefit policyholders by enhancing the level playing field of the EU single insurance market via uniform conditions for the calculation of technical ...

Inside this issue: Training for Directors of Investment Companies and Investment Funds A Kaleidoscope of Evolving Regulation Malta as a growing insurance location Economic and Market Report NAV of Malta Domiciled CISs MFSA Announcements ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review on how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise and enforce the MiFID provisions relating to investment firms’ obligation to provide best execution, or obtain the best possible result, fo ...

Inside this issue: Appointment of MFSA Board New Director for Conduct Supervision 2014 in Review New Pensions Legislation AIFMD - Disclosure and Transparency S & P confirms Malta’s stable outlook MFSA Announcements ...

Financial regulation is designed to achieve key policy goals among which are the safety and soundness of financial institutions, the mitigation of systemic risk, the fairness and efficiency of markets and the protection of the consumer and investor. These goals, which are clearly essential, do not t ...

Introduction The Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (‘AIFMD’) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 (‘the Delegated Regulation’) introduces new rules for Alternative Investment Funds (‘AIFs’) (including hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds). ...

Inside this issue: A Year of Change at the MFSA Publication of the Securitisation Cell Companies Regulations IMF highlights stability of the Maltese financial services jurisdiction EIOPA Stress Test Rules applicable to Trustees acting for Family Trusts Financial and Insurance act ...

Responding to this paper EBA, ESMA and EIOPA (the ESAs) invite comments on all matters of this discussion paper and, in particular, on the specific questions listed in Annex I. Comments are most helpful if they: indicate the number of the question to which the comments relates; indicate t ...