International Regulatory Updates
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
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 ...
JANUARY 30, 2015
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 ...
JANUARY 23, 2015
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 ...
JANUARY 19, 2015
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). ...
DECEMBER 29, 2014
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 ...
DECEMBER 23, 2014
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 ...
DECEMBER 22, 2014
The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published today a consultation paper on draft Guidelines for regulating cross-selling practices in the financial sector across the EU. These guidelines establish a coherent and effective approach in supervising f ...
DECEMBER 22, 2014
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) invites market participants and (re)insurance stakeholders to provide their feedback on its draft Advice to the European Commission (EC) regarding the full equivalence assessments of Bermuda, Japan and Switzerland.
EIOPA's Advice ...
DECEMBER 12, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review of how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise MiFID conduct of business rules on providing fair, clear and not misleading information to clients.
The peer review focused on NCAs’ org ...
DECEMBER 09, 2014
Malta, a domicile targeting the insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bond and reinsurance convergence sector, has now completed its Securitisation Cell Company regulations which bring together the special purpose reinsurer concept with protected cells.
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