On the 25th January 2022, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the “MFSA”) issued new Crowdfunding Rules in terms of the Malta Financial Services Authority Act (European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business) Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 330.15). The Crowdfunding Rules implement the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European Crowdfunding […]
On the 25th of January 2022, MONEYVAL released a typologies report entitled ‘AML/CTF supervision in times of crisis and challenging external factors’[1]. The report provides best practice measures for effective supervision during crises, aimed at addressesing anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) risks and difficulties triggered by the pandemic, including operational limitations, notably limited human resources […]
Camilleri Preziosi contributed to the Malta Stock Exchange Business Review, through two seperate pieces on exchange traded funds and banking regulation. The full text of the article can be accessed here https://online.fliphtml5.com/ktvc/vtrn/#p=1
Promulgated on the 15th of September 2013, the Protection of the Whistleblower Act (Chapter 527 of the Laws of Malta) (the “Act”) will be amended to be brought in line with Directive (EU) 2019/1937 to, amongst others, include protection of persons who report breaches of European Union law in key policy areas (the “Directive”), as adopted by the […]
On the 30th of November 2021, as part of its commitment to effectively fight tax crimes, the FIAU released a factsheet on typologies and red flag indicators related to tax evasion and money laundering. One of the shortcomings identified by the FATF in their mutual evaluation of Malta concerned tax crimes and the lack of intelligence […]
With great pleasure we announce that Camilleri Preziosi has been shortlisted for the International Tax Review (ITR) European Awards 2020 and is a contender for the esteemed ‘Malta Tax Firm of the Year Award.’ At the heart of these nominations and awards, which have been taking place annually since 2005, lies the recognition of the […]
Steve Decesare, Sharon Xuereb and Maria Grima have contributed the Maltese chapter for Trademarks 2020, published by Lexology. To read the article click on this link.
Camilleri Preziosi’s Malta chapter is part of the Delos international publication whose aim is to set out in detail the approach of several jurisdictions to arbitration in an effort to assist parties in their choice of an arbitration forum. Please click here to read the article.
In a letter to Dimiter Tzanchev, Chair of COREPER II, on the proposal to postpone the application date of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) to 1 October 2018, the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) welcomed the proposed postponement. The letter notes that the European Parliament is considering positively the postponement of […]