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Malta, noted a recent Deloitte report, has established itself as an attractive jurisdiction of choice for the (particularly alternative) funds industry. Drawn by an innovative yet robust regulatory environment, attractive tax regime, and low fund set-up and ongoing operational costs relative to other EU jurisdictions, Malta has become home to a range of funds, fund […]

Financial services organisations are in a fast-moving security arms race. Keeping pace with the sophisticated criminal actors whose nefarious activities pose a constant threat to the global financial system has become an existential imperative. Which is why we’re integrating automated biometrics and artificial intelligence-powered identity verification into our KURE know your customer (KYC) onboarding and […]

It’s that time of year again, with the 15 September deadline for filing the annual CRS Compliance Form with the Cayman Islands’ Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) fast approaching. Penalties apply for financial institutions that miss the deadline, along with the risk of enforcement action for any misclassifications and non-compliance. Fellow offshore fund centre […]

A year ago, we wrote a blog examining the prospects for the alternatives sector as economic and geopolitical conditions deteriorated. Amid sinking global markets as inflation, interest rate rises and global growth worries took hold, the outlook for alternative asset managers remained positive. A year on, the long-term value the global alternatives industry offers to […]

If you have a couple of hundred million to throw around on money laundering fines then feel free to skip the below. If not, you may want to read on. With legislators around the world tightening their anti-money laundering (AML) rules and regulators stepping up enforcement actions, penalties for AML shortcomings are hardly a rarity […]

Are you operationally resilient? And can you demonstrate it? Ensuring institutions have sufficient operational resilience to safeguard the stability of the financial system has become a key concern for regulators in Europe. Outsourcing and vendor management is a particular focus. For the continent’s fund administrators and IT service providers, the increased regulatory scrutiny will have […]