News Releases


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 ...
JULY 15, 2011
Link to EBA 2011 EU-Wide Stress Testing Exercise https://eba.europa.eu/risk-analysis-and-data/eu-wide-stress-testing/2011 ...
MAY 31, 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 ...
MAY 16, 2011
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 ...
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 ...
MARCH 09, 2011
The MFSA (The Authority) wishes to notify that during these past weeks, it has been carrying out the necessary enquiries with MFSP Financial Management Ltd which had acted as intermediary for CECA Invest and taken steps to ensure that both the Authority as well as all Maltese persons who had transfe ...
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
The Education Consultative Council (ECC) of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has launched a new financial services careers’ website that is aimed to help young people plan a career in the financial services industry in Malta. The new website also contains useful hints to parents, care ...
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 ...