Tonio Zarb, a partner at KPMG, was elected IFSP President following the Institute’s AGM held on 28 July 2021. He takes over the position from Wayne Pisani, who has been President for the past three years. The AGM, attended by 100 members of the Institute of...
Dr Wayne Pisani and Dr Stephen Attard from the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners speak with Lovin Malta to discuss the road ahead following FATF's decision to put Malta on the grey-list. https://www.facebook.com/LovinMalta/videos/517649082610431...
Malta has made substantial progress over the past years to address concerns about the effectiveness of its anti-money laundering regime, as demonstrated by the MONEYVAL follow-up report issued on 27 May 2021. Malta has now been found to be either largely compliant or fully compliant...
The 2021 IFSP Conference drew to a close today, 5 March 2021, after carrying on the overall conference theme of Malta at the crossroads. Hon Dr Mario De Marco, Opposition Spokesperson for Finance, addressed participants on the way forward for financial services in Malta. While praising...
The 2021 IFSP Conference opened yesterday, 4 March 2021 at 14:00 with close to 200 people in attendance. The conference continues today, 5 March 2021 at 14:00. This year’s conference is titled “Malta at the crossroads”, which as the IFSP President, Dr Wayne Pisani told participants...
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) said that both the licensed Trust and Company Service Provider (TCSP) and the banking sectors are “fully compliant with international requirements”, in as far as the maintenance and accuracy of Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) information in Malta, noting that...
OECD’s Malta peer review on tax information sharing highlights problems with reporting of data as reason for downgrade. The IFSP duly notes the outcome of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Malta 2020 (Second Round) Peer Review Report (‘the Report’)...
A number of members have had questions about some of the questions included in the MFSA’s Questionnaire of Financial Crime Compliance, now due to be submitted on 29 May after the IFSP asked for an extension on the submission deadline. The queries and requests for...
Register of Beneficial Owners and trusts Applies to all trusts from 10 March 2020 11 February 2020 The IFSP and STEP Malta have been in discussion with the MFSA about the Register of Beneficial Owners (RBO) for trusts. We urge you to keep in mind that the relevant EU...
IFSP demands that all in positions of responsibility and leadership and linked in any way to assassination, money laundering, abuse of public office, or corruption must step back in the national interest Valletta, 29 November 2019 The IFSP notes recent events unfolding in Malta with dismay and...