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The Malta Financial Services Authority has imposed an administrative penalty of €175,174 on Bank of Valletta plc for regulatory breaches related to disclosure of information and suitability of financial instruments sold to the general public. The penalty was the culmination of a lengthy investigat ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority is pleased to announce that it has successfully concluded and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Bank of Slovakia. The MoU establishes a framework for assistance, the sharing of supervisory information and cross-border co operation. This MoU ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority has felt it appropriate to issue this media release in order to update the public on the recent developments in connection with its investigations of the La Valette Multi Manager Property Fund. It will be recalled that back in May 2011 Bank of Valletta plc h ...

An innovation-driven economy with notable advantages in financial services development and technological readiness – these, in essence, are the World Economic Forum’s findings on Maltapublished in its Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012. Ranking in 15th position for financial market devel ...

Further to the notice issued on the 31st August 2011, regarding ARM Asset Backed Securities SA ("ARM"), the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) refers investors to the Communique de Presse 11/31 relating to ARM issued on 23 September by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“t ...

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 ...

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 ...

Link to EBA 2011 EU-Wide Stress Testing Exercise https://eba.europa.eu/risk-analysis-and-data/eu-wide-stress-testing/2011 ...

The recent communications in the media, on the basis of statements made by Finco Treasury Management Limited during a recent press conference, indicate a clear misunderstanding of the Authority’s function and of its powers as stipulated in local legislation. A clarification is called for in this r ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has published the Consumer Complaints Unit Annual Report for 2010. In his forward statement to the report, Professor Joe Bannister, MFSA chairman, remarks that although the Authority has contributed substantially towards increasing consumer awareness ...