Welcome to PwC Malta’s Regulatory Updates - giving a recap for this month of the main legislative updates and key regulator activity.
05/04/2021 - Circular on Regulation No 648/2012 (‘EMIR’) and Regulation no 2015/2365 (‘SFTR’) - Consultation Paper on the simplification and harmonisation of fees to TRs under EMIR and SFTR
Circular can be found here.
07/04/2021 - The Nature and Art of Financial Supervision Volume IV- Securities and Markets Fund Management
Circular can be found here.
07/04/2021 - ESMA publishes its Annual Report on Enforcement and Regulatory Activities
Circular can be found here.
08/04/2021 - ESMA publishes the results of the 2020 CSA on UCITS Liquidity Risk Management
Circular can be found here.
12/04/2021 - Circular addressed to all Collective Investment Schemes regarding the Introduction of the Annual Fund Return
Circular can be found here.
26/04/2021 - Circular for Licence Holders availing of Freedom of Services
Circular can be found here.
06/04/2021 - ESMA updates SFTR Q&As
Link to the release can be found here.
06/04/2021 - ESMA updates its Q&As on MIFID II and MIFIR Market Structures Topics
Link to the release can be found here.
14/04/2021 - Bi-Annual Update from Banking Supervision to Credit Institutions
Circular can be found here.
29/04/2021 - MFSA releases a Cross-Sectoral Self-Assessment Questionnaire on ICT and Cybersecurity Risks Management
Circular can be found here.
15/04/2021 - EBA published final draft technical standards specifying the methods of prudential consolidation
Link to the release can be found here.
06/04/2021 - EU data protection authorities adopt joint opinion on the Digital Green Certificate Proposals
Link to the release can be found here.
13/04/2021 - Guidelines 8/2020 on the targeting of social media users
Link to the publication can be found here.
16/04/2021 - EDPB Opinions on the draft United Kingdom (‘UK’) adequacy decisions
Link to the publication can be found here.
16/04/2021 - Circular on the amendments to the Pension Rules & Legal Notices
Circular can be found here.
29/04/2021 - Sustainable Finance and EU Taxonomy
Circular can be found here.