Private helicopters can be a valuable travel option offering superior convenience, comfort, and control for high net worth individuals and families. Malta is at the forefront of aviation industry for the variety of services it can offer, its favourable tax regime and its high regulatory standards.
Finlantern’s Fiscal Forum, at its fourth edition, once again created an environment where enterpreneurs and investors were able to meet new potential clients, and in general create networking opportunities, but also learn the benefits of internationalization, and meet tax advisors.
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) was introduced in 2013. The aim of the Directive is to regulate the provision of fund management services by fund managers to alternative investment funds. As such, it also introduces rules on the marketing of AIFs in the European Union. Malta, being a member of the EU, has fully transposed and implemented the AIFMD which has formed part of Maltese law for over three years.
The Swiss asset managers were amongst the first firms to start engaging with Malta as a fund domicile and currently over 20% of our clients are Swiss fund managers and it is increasing year on year.
"Offshore", "tax haven" and more recently "Panama in the EU" are labels that Malta has done its best to shake off.
The Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP) said on Thursday that the a series of “sensationalist” media reports in parts of the international tabloid press, referred to as the “Malta Files” contain several inaccuracies and false statements.
“Maltese financial services practitioners operate within a legal and regulatory framework of the highest standards. Malta is a full member of the European Union and all its laws, including anti-money laundering rules, are fully aligned with European rules and best practice.
The regulatory reforms in Switzerland will be impacting thousands of fiduciary operations based in Switzerland that are not FINMA licensed
In recent years Malta has continued to evolve into an ever-stronger and robust financial domicile, attracting financiers and investors alike
This has been catapulted further by the island’s alluring and favourable tax schemes coupled by new approaches to fund management and investment schemes in its on-going determination to find innovative means to find dynamic, business-friendly solutions for business people.
