International Regulatory Updates
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
The Upper Reach team interviewed Prof. Joseph Bannister, Chairman of the Malta Financial Services Authority about Malta’s economic performance, his role as regulator of the financial sector, and opportunities for Maltese-UK partnerships. Prof. Bannister spoke about the financial sector as being an ...
SEPTEMBER 09, 2014
Governing Council has appointed all five members of the Administrative Board of Review
Banks can ask this independent body to review the ECB’s supervisory decisions
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has today appointed five members and two alternates to the Administrat ...
SEPTEMBER 04, 2014
The ECB has published the final list of the 120 significant credit institutions, whose direct supervision it will assume on 4 November. The ECB will directly supervise credit institutions, financial holding companies or mixed financial holding companies that are deemed significant at the highest lev ...
SEPTEMBER 04, 2014
The MFSA’s Authorisation Process - Article by Dr Christopher P. Buttigieg and Ms Clare Farrugia
The full edition of InvestNews (September 2014) is available here. ...
SEPTEMBER 02, 2014
Article by Christopher Buttigieg and Martha Chetcuti.
This article features as part of the "Fund Outsourcing Europe 2014" publication, published by Clear Path Analysis. ...
SEPTEMBER 01, 2014
Inside this issue:
Ms Marianne Scicluna takes up MFSA Director General post
Regulation a key driver in Malta fund segment
Practical Implementation of AIFMD in Malta: The MFSA’s Authorisation Process
Dealing with Change - the Opportunity of Regulatory Innovation
MFSA Announcements ...
AUGUST 20, 2014
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the final templates for the 2014 EU-wide stress test. These are common templates for all EU banks and illustrate the type and the format of data that will be disclosed on a bank by bank basis. The EBA will act as the central data hub for all EU ba ...
AUGUST 08, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published a manual detailing how it will incorporate findings from its AQR into stress test projections. It also describes the stress test quality assurance process, which is vital to ensuring that the exercise is robust and credible.
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AUGUST 08, 2014
Article by Angele Grech
The full edition of the Captive Insurance Times is available here. ...
AUGUST 05, 2014
Malta’s second decade as a member of the EU looks to be one where the island jurisdiction could outshine. The island’s vision is to lift itself into the upper echelons of the EU, offering an economy that has a buoyant financial services sector; a world leading servicing export segment, and a ste ...
