Malta: Securitization & Structured Finance

The Malta Financial Services Authority has launched a consultation examining whether distributed ledger technology can be integrated into Malta's financial ecosystem for tokenising financial instruments and real-world assets. The regulator seeks industry input on priority asset classes for pilots, infrastructural readiness including token registries and smart-contract audits, and legal issues surrounding ownership and settlement finality.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published draft regulatory technical standards recalibrating the clearing thresholds under EMIR 3, fundamentally shifting the framework from a distinction between OTC...

On 18 May 2026, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) published a consultation paper on the tokenisation of financial instruments and real-world assets (RWAs), inviting industry feedback on the legal...

The shipping sector appears to slowly be emerging from its negative cycle, with Moody's changing its outlook on the global shipping industry to stable earlier this year, driven primarily by positive developments...

Malta's launch of its Institutional Securitisations Market (ISM) later this year will put the country on a competitive footing in the sector with Luxembourg and Dublin, according to MPG.

After five months of intense negotiations, the Maltese EU Council presidency team, co-chaired by GANADO Advocates lawyer Nicholas Curmi, has concluded a successful deal with the European Parliament...

As part of Malta's drive to introduce capital markets activity, legislation for Re-insurance Special Purpose Vehicles was enacted and the PCC concept was extended to the Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles.

Consultation Paper on draft guidelines on complex debt instruments and structured deposits.

On the 24th March, 2015, ESMA issued a consultation paper on draft guidelines it developed for the assessment of the complexity of...