PwC Malta has further strengthened its leadership with the appointment of Claudine Attard as advisory director, Francesca Fenech as TLS director and Nadia Mifsud as assurance director. These admissions took effect on July 1.
David Valenzia, territory senior partner at PwC Malta, said: “I am very proud of these new appointments and I wish all three every success in their new roles. These latest appointments reflect our ongoing commitment to invest in experienced and senior professionals across key disciplines.
“The appointments will ensure we remain in the very best position to service new and existing clients, which is particularly important as many businesses try to recover from what has been a very challenging 18 months.
Collective effort needed for Malta to get off grey list ‘as soon as possible’– IFSP
Jake Aquilina
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 09:00
Last update: about 4 days ago
Although the news that Malta has been grey listed by the Financial Advisory Task Force (FATF) is not positive, all stakeholders should come together, share information between them and execute a plan of action so that the country would make it back on to the white list “as soon as possible”, representatives from The Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP) told The Malta Independent on Sunday.
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On Wednesday, Malta was grey listed by the FATF. In a press conference on Friday, the FATF explained that even though good progress has been made since a report in 2019 found serious deficiencies in Malta’s jurisdiction, there still remains work which has to be done. This would include areas concerning criminal tax related issues and money laundering issues, and more support from the Financial I
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The Sunday Times of Malta says an “overwhelming majority” of countries expressed opposition to Malta being placed on a global watchdog’s financial crime grey list. In another story, the newspaper speaks to Malta International Airport’s CEO Alan Borg who says Malta’s addition to the UK’s quarantine-free travel list is a “game changer”, ahead of Wednesday’s expected bulk arrivals from Britain.
The Malta Independent on Sunday quotes the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners saying that a collective effort is needed to get Malta off the grey list as soon as possible.
Government wants to get off the FATF greylist as ‘rapidly’ as possible – PM
Jake Aquilina
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 12:01
Last update: about 10 hours ago
The Government will continue with its work, as it did prior to the Moneyval result, so that it can get off the Financial Advisory Task Force (FATF)’s greylist as soon as possible, Prime Minister Robert Abela said in an interview on party media on Sunday.
The unwelcome news of Malta’s greylisting by the FATF on Wednesday stirred a lot of doubts as to what Malta should expect in the coming weeks and months, especially economically. The Institute for Financial Services Practitioners told
Although the news that Malta has been grey listed by the Financial Advisory Task Force (FATF) is not positive, all stakeholders should come together, share information between them and execute a plan