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Setting up a Company in Malta Malta as a jurisdiction of choice: Malta has emerged as a stable and efficient financial centre despite the island’s relatively small size.  The country’s sound banking system and favourable tax planning options have attracted the interest of a number of the world’s leading financial institutions and high-net worth individuals.  In addition, Malta offers a wide range of corporate vehicles such as companies, limited partnerships, SPVs, trusts and foundations.  These vehicles have been designed to provide asset planners with a certain level of security and the necessary structures for the setting up of even the…

Setting up a Fund in Malta The principal advantages which are generally perceived to give Malta a competitive edge as a fund domicile of choice include the low level of costs involved in the setting up of a fund, the flexibility of the legal structures that are permitted under Maltese law aswell as the approachability and efficiency of Malta’s single regulator and supervisor. Furthermore, Malta’s EU membership has paved the way for its adoption of the UCITS and AIFM directives. Malta also benefits from a large number of local and foreign credit institutions, fund administrators and investment firms having a…