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AI & Funds #7 – Applicability of EU AI Act Investment Services & Funds

AI & Funds #7 – Applicability of EU AI Act

This seventh instalment in the AI & Funds series revisits the six previous briefings issued when the law was still in draft and provides a comparative legal analysis of how the EU framework on artificial intelligence, ultimately promulgated as Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "AI Act"), has settled in relation to investment funds. The AI Act has a staggered application schedule that culminates in August 2027. Article 50 of the AI Act on transparency is the section most likely to be relevant to investment funds in practice; and this becomes applicable in August 2026. The following six sections examine each prior…
Mario Mizzi
25th May 2026
Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q1 2026 Insurance & ReinsuranceInvestment Services & FundsRegulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q1 2026

We are pleased to issue the sixteenth 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. The sixteenth 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…
Mamo TCV Advocates
21st April 2026
Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q4 2025 Insurance & ReinsuranceInvestment Services & FundsRegulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q4 2025

We are pleased to issue the fifteenth 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. The fifteenth 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
17th February 2026
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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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