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JUNE 04, 2012
The three investigations concerning the La Valette Multi Manager Property Fund (“the Fund”) carried out by the Malta Financial Services Authority (“the Authority”) have generated significant public and media interest. Investigations into the Bank’s custody operations and compliance with in ...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has for some time been investigating a number of complaints filed by consumers in respect of certain preferred securities sold to investors, including perpetuals issued by Lehman Bros. These securities have featured in a judicial protest filed on 14 Sept ...
AUGUST 23, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority issues public statements, from time to time, to inform the public on developments within its remit. The Authority has ublished various statements regarding the lines of enquiry which it is, and has been, pursuing in relation to the La Valette Multi Manager Pr ...
MAY 06, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has published the Annual Report for 2010. In his forward statement to the report Authority Chairman, Professor Joe Bannister, remarks that 2010 was a year of steady progress for Malta’s financial services industry, with a regular flow of new licences b ...
NOVEMBER 04, 2010
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announces that the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has accepted its application for accession to the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) on co-operation and information exchange. The MFSA officially signed the MMoU o ...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
On 18 August 2010, the Malta Financial Services Authority issued a public statement where it informed the public that it was undertaking lines of enquiry in relation to the La Valette Multi Manager Property Fund - a sub fund of La Valette Funds Sicav plc, including issues raised in judicial protests ...
JANUARY 08, 2010
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has published guidelines regarding the redomiciliation of offshore funds to Malta under the Companies Act, Continuation of Companies Regulations, 2002. The Guidelines provide a simple, one-stop procedure to be followed by funds intending to redomicile to ...
OCTOBER 30, 2009
Consumers who have been approached by foreign contacts with an offer to work from home, should be forewarned. They might be victims of scams which have been doing the rounds in many other countries before hitting Malta during these past few weeks. These scams are disguised behind numerous pretences, ...
OCTOBER 15, 2008
The Malta Financial Services Authority has published a report entitled “Building on Success – Future Skills Requirements in the Financial Services Sector”, based on a survey undertaken by the Authority during the first quarter of 2008.
The survey was influenced by the need to obtain a more ...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has received a number of reports from the general public about unsolicited telephone calls, SMSes or correspondence (by e-mail and post) concerning bogus investment opportunities, and prize/lottery winnings. These calls/correspondence are typically deriv ...
