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NOVEMBER 03, 2022
Against a backdrop of ongoing digital transformation within the financial services landscape, the MFSA’s Financial Supervisors Academy organised the hybrid conference 'Financial Services of Tomorrow', with a focus on the regulatory approach towards technology-enabled financial innovation and Digit ...
APRIL 18, 2022
This article Fine Tuning Our Strategy for 2022/2023 appeared on the Sunday Times of Malta dated 17 April 2022.
July 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the MFSA as the single regulatory authority for financial services.
Building on foundations that have been re-shaped by EU ...
MARCH 24, 2022
The Financial Supervisors Academy (FSA) is holding a webinar on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the first in a string of events launched by the FSA for 2022.
The webinar is taking place on 29 March at 10:00H-14:00H, and will tackle a major trend in finance right now: respons ...
MARCH 08, 2022
Challenging why corporate structures were set up with complex vehicles was highlighted as one of the most important aspects in the analysis of ultimate beneficial ownership, which should never become a mere “box-ticking exercise”, the deputy head of Conduct Supervision at the Malta Financial Ser ...
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Sustainable finance has been added as a supervisory priority for 2022 by the Malta Financial Services Authority, complementing others that remain unchanged since 2021.
This year, the supervisory priorities were split into cross-sectoral and horizontal themes, in addition to those priorities that ...
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Webinar compared American, European Commission and Maltese approaches to the sector
A webinar on Crypto Assets Regulation was organised by the MFSA’s Financial Supervisors Academy allowing attendees to gain insight into the different approaches being considered by the American US Treasury and t ...
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The Malta Financial Services Authority on Tuesday issued 194 authorisations for practitioners to act as company service providers, nearly doubling the previously authorised population.
The concept of authorisation for company service providers was introduced by a law enacted in 2013. However, thi ...
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
MFSA Introduces New Application to License Crowdfunding Service Providers
European Crowdfunding Service Providers are now able to provide crowdfunding services on a cross-border basis throughout the EU without needing to obtain separate authorisation in each Member State. This development is part ...
NOVEMBER 01, 2021
The introduction three years ago of a framework by Malta Financial Services Authority to regulate virtual financial assets was ground-breaking at the time but has since been adopted by numerous regulators as a way to prevent money-laundering and terrorism financing, according to the Authority’s CE ...
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The Malta Financial Services Authority has published a Discussion Paper for stakeholders reviewing the MFSA Asset Management Strategy, aimed at boosting this important sector.
This Discussion Paper is the first to be issued under the new CEO, Joseph Gavin, and reflects the importance that he is a ...
