Regulatory Updates

Local updates

01/12/2021 - Factsheet: Typologies & Red Flags: Indicators of Tax-Related ML
Link to the release can be found here.

14/12/2021 - EBA Consultation Paper on draft Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions
Link to the document can be found here.

18/12/2021 - Protection of the Whistleblower (Amendment) Act, 2021
Link to the document can be found here.

20/12/2021 - goAML – Indicators Update and Guidance Document
Link to the document can be found here.

31/12/2021 - Intelligence Factsheet: The misuse of corporate vehicles in Malta, with a focus on beneficial ownership concealment
Link to the document can be found here.

31/12/2021 - Guidance Note On Submitting Tax Related Suspicious Reports
Link to the document can be found here.

Local updates

03/12/2021 - Circular on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business Regulation (‘ECSPR’)
Circular can be found here.

10/12/2021 - Circular on ECSPR – EBA Consultation on Draft RTS for Crowdfunding Service Providers (EBA/CP/2021/39) 
Circular can be found here.

14/12/2021 - ESMA Publishes the 2021 ESEF XBRL Taxonomy Files and ESEF Conformance Suite
Circular can be found here.

15/12/2021 - Circular on Regulation (EU) 909/2014 – the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (‘CSDR’)
Circular can be found here.

15/12/2021 - Circular on Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 – the Benchmarks Regulation (‘BMR’)
Circular can be found here.

16/12/2021 - Log4j Critical Vulnerability
Circular can be found here.

International updates

10/12/2021 - ESMA publishes 2021 ESEF XBRL Taxonomy Files and ESEF Conformance Suite
Link to the release can be found here.

17/12/2021 - New Q&As available 
Link to the release can be found here.

Local updates

20/12/2021 - Circular to Credit Institutions on Supervisory Reporting Developments
Circular can be found here.

22/12/2021 - Bi-annual Update from Banking Supervision to Credit Institutions
Circular can be found here.

Local updates

10/12/2021 - Submission of the Conduct-Related Data Return for Insurance Undertakings
Circular can be found here.

15/12/2021 - The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA): Questions and Answers Regarding the Insurance Distribution Directive
Circular can be found here.

16/12/2021 - Log4j Critical Vulnerability
Circular can be found here.

20/12/2021 - EIOPA Issues Document Regarding the Assessment of Value for Money of Unit-Linked Insurance Products under Product Oversight and Governance.
Circular can be found here.

Local updates

01/12/2021 - Consultation Document on the Proposed Amendments to the Pension Rules issued under the Retirement Pensions Act
Link to the document can be found here.

14/12/2021 - Consultation Document on the Establishment of a Settlement Policy
Link to the document can be found here.

16/12/2021 - Note regarding an Extension of Consultation Period - Discussion Paper on the Asset Management Strategy
Link to the document can be found here.

Local update

15/12/2021 - Important Updates Relating to the Trusts Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Register
Circular can be found here.