International Regulatory Updates
JUNE 03, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a public notice censuring Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services France SAS and Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (S&P) for breaches of Regulation 1060/2009 (CRA Regulation).
The decision by ES ...
JUNE 02, 2014
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) invites market participants and (re)insurance stakeholders to provide their feedback on the first set of the draft Guidelines for Solvency II. The consultation will end on 29 August 2014. It can be viewed on EIOPA's website: https: ...
MAY 31, 2014
Inside this issue:
Malta’s reputation as a leading financial jurisdiction highlighted by Dukascopy TV
Fund industry under the spotlight during Opalesque 2014 Malta Roundtable
New Investment Services Rules for Loan Funds
Financial and insurance activities percentage contribution to GV ...
MAY 27, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published a draft ECB Regulation on supervisory fees for public consultation. The ECB will take over as supervisor of euro area banks in November 2014 as part of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). The SSM will directly supervise up to 130 institutions a ...
MAY 23, 2014
MAY 22, 2014
Consultation Document
Discussion Paper ...
MAY 15, 2014
Link to EIOPA website ...
MAY 01, 2014
Inside this issue:
Malta Open for Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Business
Global Financial Stability Report
European Venture Capital Funds and European Social Entrepreneurship Funds
The Company Service Providers (CSP) Regulatory Regime
Industry Updates
MFSA Announcements ...
APRIL 30, 2014
The exercise aims to test the overall resilience of the insurance sector and to identify its major vulnerabilities;
Insurers will be tested against interest rate, corporate bonds, sovereigns, equity and property stresses as well as against insurance-specific shocks;
The second module of the te ...
APRIL 29, 2014
The ECB has today informed banks how capital shortfalls must be addressed following the comprehensive assessment. This announcement follows today's release by the European Banking Authority (EBA) of the methodology and scenarios for the EU-wide stress test. Together with the asset quality review, th ...
