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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is statutorily obliged to regulate financial services in Malta and promote the general interests and legitimate expectations of consumers of financial services. It is an autonomous, impartial and self-funding body which carries out its functions free of ...

Introduction On 4th June 2012 and 4th September 2012 the Malta Financial Services Authority issued statements regarding the actions taken by the MFSA in connection with the selling of the La Valette Multi Manager Property Fund by Bank of Valletta. Following the publication of those statements a n ...

On 4th June 2012 the Malta Financial Services Authority (‘the Authority’) announced that it had concluded its third investigation concerning the La Valette Multi Manager Property Fund (‘the Fund’). In addition to fining Bank of Valetta (‘the Bank’) the maximum fine available under the ap ...

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 ...

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

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 ...