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Mamo TCV Supports Finance Malta’s International Outreach Investment Services & Funds

Mamo TCV Supports Finance Malta’s International Outreach

As an integral active member of Finance Malta, Mamo TCV Advocates, continues to support the organisation in its mission to promote Malta as a jurisdiction of choice within global financial markets. During ADFW (the Abu Dhabi Finance Week), Dr Mario Mizzi, a financial regulatory lawyer at Mamo TCV Advocates joined Finance Malta’s delegation and shared key features of Malta’s hybrid legal framework which brings together foundations drawn from English common law and the proactive supervisory practices of a national competent authority applying EU financial legislation with proportionality. These elements combined with Malta’s EU residency routes, tax considerations, family office exemptions,…
Mamo TCV Advocates
12th December 2025
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Maltese Residency for Investment Family Offices ImmigrationInvestment Services & Funds

Maltese Residency for Investment Family Offices

Investment family offices that are setting up an investment structure in Malta (or even a branch thereof) have been given an additional incentive to choose Malta as an EU base due to a new residency law interpretation. On the  3rd of December, the MFSA issued a circular together with Malta’s immigration authorities titled “Joint MFSA and Residency Malta Agency Communication on a New Residency Scheme for Family Offices”. The circular explicitly “focuses on granting residence permits to individuals forming part of a family office structure”, notably ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) and qualifying senior employees. This initiative is intended to enhance…
Mario Mizzi and Julian Fenech Adami
5th December 2025
Valletta Skyline
Malta’s Shariah-Compliant Funds Framework Investment Services & Funds

Malta’s Shariah-Compliant Funds Framework

Malta’s recent revamp of its Shariah-compliant investment funds framework is a strategic move to attract investors and asset managers from the Middle East and North Africa (‘MENA’), including family offices from the Gulf region (‘GCC’) to the EU’s southernmost jurisdiction. The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA’) informed the industry through a circular about this update in November 2025. This update continues positioning the islands as a bridge between Europe and Sharia finance. Being EU and Eurozone currency member, Malta offers MENA investors a seamless point of entry into the EU’s single financial market. For Middle Eastern fund promoters looking to…
Mario Mizzi
24th November 2025
Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q3 2025 Insurance & ReinsuranceInvestment Services & FundsRegulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q3 2025

We are pleased to issue the fourteenth edition of the Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update. These updates are intended to keep Maltese regulated entities informed of regulatory changes and developments taking place in the local financial services space. In this issue, we focus on the sector specific and cross-sectoral regulatory updates relating to investment services, CSPs, fintech, insurance undertakings and insurance intermediaries. Click here to access the fourteenth Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update. The Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update does not purport to give legal, regulatory,financial or tax advice. Should you require further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Psaila,…
Mamo TCV Advocates
18th November 2025
Katya Tua at family offices conference
Mamo TCV Participates in Seminar on Family Offices in Malta Investment Services & FundsNews

Mamo TCV Participates in Seminar on Family Offices in Malta

Mamo TCV Advocates participated in a seminar organised by Finance Malta titled ‘Malta’s Family Office Proposition’. Recently, Dr. Katya Tua, head of the investment services practice at Mamo TCV Advocates, participated in a panel made up of local experts who discussed the advantages of choosing Malta for the setting up multi-family offices. Dr. Rachel Gauci and Dr. Mario Mizzi from the investment services team also attended this seminar. Following last year’s legal exemption for single-family offices and the exemptions envisaged under AIFMD II, Malta is becoming increasingly attractive for boutique investment managers and family offices wishing to establish a structure…
Mamo TCV Advocates
17th November 2025
Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q2 2025 Insurance & ReinsuranceInvestment Services & FundsRegulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q2 2025

We are pleased to issue the thirteenth edition of the Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Updates. These updates are intended to keep Maltese regulated entities informed of regulatory changes and developments taking place in the local financial services space. In this issue, we focus on the sector specific and cross-sectoral regulatory updates relating to investment services, CSPs, fintech, insurance undertakings and insurance intermediaries. The Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update can be found here .The Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update does not purport to give legal, regulatory,financial or tax advice. Should you require further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Psaila,…
Mamo TCV Advocates
6th August 2025