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Introduction - With its corporate laws based upon those of the UK, Malta has incorporated laws and principles into its own legislation, providing comfort and security to the commercial and business community. The most common form of business entity being set up in Malta is the limited liability company, which is mostly used for holding or trading activity. However, various other forms of...

With its corporate laws based upon those of the UK, Malta has incorporated laws and principles into its own legislation, providing comfort and security to the commercial and business community. The most common form of business entity being set up in Malta is the limited liability company, which is mostly used for holding or trading activity. However, various other forms of entities may be set up...

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With its corporate laws based upon those of the UK, Malta has incorporated laws and principles into its own legislation, providing comfort and security to the commercial and business community. The most common form of business entity being set up in Malta is the limited liability company, which is mostly used for holding or trading activity. However, various other forms of entities may be set up...

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Q1/ Applicable legislation - (a) Have the requirements of the GDPR been addressed by introducing a new law, or by updating existing legislation? New legislation has been passed.

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Malta may be an inconspicuous island state, but its reputation among financial law investigators precedes the small European country. European compliance bodies have closely monitored Malta in the last two years and have uncovered high risks of financial crime. Malta’s large online gambling and banking sector, its abundance of cryptocurrency flows, and its passport-purchase scheme have rendered...

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A Match Made in Heaven - U.S. shareholders of foreign corporations are generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax on the earnings of such corporations until those earnings are repatriated to the shareholders in the form of a dividend.

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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) published its new Investment Services Rulebooks on 27 June 2013. The MFSA is now accepting applications for licences for managers which wish to be authorised as Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).