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Maltese And Cayman Financial Regulators Sign MoU,
by Phillip Morton, Investors Offshore.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) formally established bilateral
ties with the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) on February 18.
Heads of the two financial services regulators sealed the terms of a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) in a signing ceremony at CIMA. This agreement - which
boosts the number of MOUs and similar accords which CIMA has with international
counterparts to 14 - will govern cooperation and the exchange of information
between the organisations; something that had already been taking place on an
informal basis.
Signing on behalf of the MFSA, Chairman and President Professor Joseph Bannister
said: “This is just a matter of formalising that relationship as Malta
has a policy of signing MOUs with other financial-services jurisdictions.”
“We have always had good relations with Cayman and exchanged information
freely. Information has always been provided to us when required regardless
of whatever sector of the financial services industry it has been.”
MFSA was established in 2002 as the single regulator for financial services
activities in Malta. It regulates and supervises credit and financial institutions,
investment, trust and insurance business and also houses the country's Companies
Registry. In addition, MFSA, like CIMA, complies with the Basel Core Principles
for Effective Banking Supervision and is a member of the International Association
of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). The MFSA has membership in the International
Organization of Investment Securities Commission (IOSCO), as well as the Committee
of European Securities Regulators (CESR). It has also signed at least 17 bilateral
MOUs with regulators in other jurisdictions including United Kingdom, Dubai,
Bermuda, Jersey, Isle of Man, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and Mauritius.
CIMA's Managing Director Cindy Scotland concurred with her Maltese counterpart,
noting that CIMA has received a significant number of requests for assistance
from MFSA in the past.
“We are pleased to formally recognise the bond of cooperation that has
existed for some time and we look forward to continuing that. This MOU will
create a framework that will facilitate greater mutual assistance between us
- the regulators of financial services in Cayman and Malta - with regard to
effectively carrying out our duties.”
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