Through this Circular, MFSA notifies that the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched a public consultation on its draft Opinion on sustainability claims and greenwashing in order to seek feedback from insurance entities and pension firms with regards to greenwashing in the insurance and occupational pension sectors. The principles within the draft […]

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Sanctions Regimes On 19 January the EU decided to list six individuals under the restrictive measures targeting those who support, facilitate or enable violent actions by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read more. Sudan Sanctions Regime On 22 January 2024, the Council included six entities responsible for supporting […]

EFRAG has launched the public consultation on the Exposure Draft ESRS for listed SMEs (ESRS LSME ED) and the Exposure Draft for the voluntary reporting standard for non-listed SMEs (VSME ED). MIA would like to invite its members to contribute to this consultation process by sending their feedback to technical@miamalta.org by 29 March 2024. Comments […]

On 16 January 2024, the Council of the European Union decided to add one individual to the list of those subject to restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons; groups, undertakings and entities associated with them. The Council of the European Union also decided to de-list a deceased individual and thus a total […]

The European Union has published a Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2822 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1803 as regards International Accounting Standard (IAS) 1. The Commission Regulation endorses the following Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements: Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current; Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current – Deferral of Effective Date; and […]