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CSB Group
Malta is recognised as an advantageous location for trusts due to its favourable tax environment. Despite being governed by Civil law, Malta has effectively incorporated trust legislation...
Finance Malta
The new notified PIFs framework: MFSA publishes consultation document on regulatory changes On 22 May 2023, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA") published a Consultation...
CSB Group
In July 2022 the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (the ‘FIAU') issued a guidance note to provide further guidance on obtaining source of wealth information related to parties other than the customer.
Ganado Advocates
On Monday 18 October 2021 the FIAU published a revised version of the Implementing Procedures (IP) Part 1 to ‘transpose' the proposals that the FIAU had issued for consultation back in March 2021...
KPMG Malta
The opportunity to carry on the family's legacy is one of the unique competitive advantages of family businesses. It is evidence of the value that the family has contributed to the business over multiple generations.
WH Partners
Trusts and foundations are often thought of or addressed together, most likely because they are both used by practitioners for asset protection purposes, ...
WH Partners
Under Trust law, once the settlor has settled property on trust, he relinquishes any ownership rights on the trust property since the ownership would be transferred from the settlor to the trustee.
GTG
Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs") refer to companies managing and owning a diversified portfolio of properties.
Mamo TCV Advocates
Amendments have been made to the beneficial ownership regulations relating to trusts, foundations and associations together...
Mamo TCV Advocates
The Registrar for Legal Persons has announced that all foundations and associations are required to submit information on their beneficial ownership by the 30th June, 2019.
Ganado Advocates
AI technology is to be developed in a way that places people at its centre.
Mamo TCV Advocates
Maltese law allows for the continuation of foreign foundations and associations in Malta
Mamo TCV Advocates
The Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Act, 2018 (the "Act") was promulgated on the 6th November, 2018 to amend the Voluntary Organisations Act.
Mandaris
The beneficiary can be a natural or
legal person, a trust or another foundation.
Mandaris
Malta, traditionally a civil law jurisdiction, has adopted the trust law into its legislation and permits therefore not only the establishment of trusts, but also accepts and recognises foreign trusts...
Ganado Advocates
In 2014, Malta introduced Private Trust Company provisions into its trusts legislation through the introduction of the concept of a trustee acting for a family trust, as the corporate equivalent...
Mamo TCV Advocates
One of the key features of the newly transposed Fourth Anti- Money Laundering Directive (Directive 2015/849/EU) is the imposition of an obligation on all European Union Member States to ensure that all incorporated corporate ...
Ganado Advocates
After a long wait and after fruitful discussions held by STEP Malta with the MFSA, Parliament has finally enacted Act XXXI of 2017 on the 22nd December, 2017 ...
Ganado Advocates
The notorious CRB Regulations for Foundations, Trusts, Associations and Companies have been published as subsidiary legislation on the 20 December, 2017.
Ganado Advocates
Regulations relating to the Register of Beneficial Owners were published by virtue of Legal Notices 373 to 376 of 2017 on the 20th December 2017.
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