Authors:
Conrad Portanier, Beppe Sammut
Published on February 26, 2014
Tags: Banking, Single Supervisory Mechanism, SSM
Practices:
Banking Regulatory
We have all heard about the move towards a centralized European regulator for banks. This article tries to shed some light on this moving target.
Authors:
Christopher Mallia
Published on February 20, 2014
Tags: AIFMD, hedge funds, MiFID
Practices:
Investment Funds, Investment Services Regulation
Starting a hedge fund is easy. Rent a one-room office, rope in a couple of analysts, spread the word in the right circles and before you know it you’ll have more seed capital than your strategy can house. Workable ideas and elbow grease quickly become competitive advantages, absolute returns abound and performance fees will pretty much make themselves. Except that’s not how it works at all.
Authors:
Conrad Portanier, Leonard Bonello, Lorraine Poole, Beppe Sammut
Published on February 5, 2014
Tags: Banking, European Market Infrastructure Regulation, newsletter, Single Supervisory Mechanism
Practices:
Banking Regulatory, Derivatives, E-Money & Payment Services, Financial Markets Regulation
The third issue of the Banking & Financial Institutions Newsletter published by the Banking and Finance team at GANADO Advocates is available for download from the link below.
Authors:
Leonard Bonello
Published on February 4, 2014
Tags: ESMA, European Market Infrastructure Regulation
Practices:
Banking Regulatory
The next European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) -related milestone is fast approaching on February 12.
Authors:
Paul Micallef Grimaud, Philip Mifsud
Published on January 30, 2014
Tags: intellectual property, Trade Secrets
Practices:
Intellectual Property & Telecoms, Media & Technology
Traditionally businesses treat physical assets as their most valuable. Intangible assets are, however, increasingly relevant. This is particularly true of intellectual property. The new challenge for businesses is keeping the ingredients that define their product or service secret.
Authors:
Adrian M. Gabarretta, Stephanie Sciberras
Published on January 13, 2014
Tags: CSPs, Malta
Practices:
Corporate, Corporate Governance, Corporate Services
This is the first in a series of two articles on the Company Service Providers Act, 2013 and the Rules for Company Service Providers.
Authors:
Adrian M. Gabarretta, Stephanie Sciberras
Published on January 7, 2014
Tags: Company Service Providers Act
Practices:
Corporate, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Recovery & Insolvency, Corporate Services
On 24 December, 2013, Parliament enacted the Company Service Providers Act, 2013 (Act XX of 2013 or the “Act”). Despite its name, this statute not only introduced much needed regulatory supervision of all types of company service providers (“CSPs”), but its Parts II to XI also amended various financial services and banking laws.
Authors:
Matthew Bianchi, Matthew Brincat, Elizabeth Ganado, Elaine Magri, Stephanie Cassar, Stephanie Zarb Adami, Mark Caruana Scicluna
Published on January 7, 2014
Tags: Insurance, Malta, Pensions, Reinsurance
Practices:
Insurance & Reinsurance Corporate, Insurance & Reinsurance Regulation, Pensions Regulatory
The latest issue of Insurance and Private Pension Law Update has just been published.
Authors:
Marina Grech
Published on December 11, 2013
Tags: AIFMD, Banking Directive, Depositories, MiFID, MIFID II, UCITS
Practices:
Asset Management, Fund Custody, Investment Funds, Investment Services Regulation
We are all aware of the four freedoms which characterize the European Union. We all agree that these constitute the fundamental pillars on which the internal market operates….. But is this really the case?
Authors:
Jotham Scerri-Diacono, Annalise Papa, Lara Pace
Published on December 3, 2013
Tags: Environment
Practices:
Environment & Planning
GANADO Advocates has contributed the Malta chapter in the 2014 edition of the Getting the Deal Through - Environment.
