Malta’s FIAU to Hold Full-Day Training Session on Beneficial Ownership

Malta’s  Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) will host a full-day training event on beneficial ownership on Wednesday 4th November 2026. It  will bring together subject persons, compliance professionals and regulators for a dedicated programme on one of the central pillars of Malta’s anti-money laundering (AML) framework. Representatives from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and the Malta Business Registry (MBR) will also deliver sessions during the day.

Titled “Beneficial Ownership – Quo Vadis?”, the event will take place at the MBR’s offices at the AM Business Centre in Żejtun. Registrations opened on Wednesday 14 October, with a registration fee of 90 euros per participant.

The programme will feature dedicated sessions on beneficial ownership alongside a presentation of the initial findings of the National Risk Assessment process, delivered by the National Coordinating Committee on Combating Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism. Participants will also gain insight into the international and European considerations shaping the beneficial ownership landscape, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Standards and the EU AML Package.

In addition, the MFSA and the MBR will lead sessions focusing on the latest developments in Malta’s beneficial ownership framework. These will cover updates to beneficial ownership reporting requirements, as well as access to beneficial ownership information relating to trusts and legal persons, areas of direct relevance to corporate service providers, trustees, legal and accountancy firms and licensed financial institutions.

The FIAU has described beneficial ownership as a topic of significant importance to subject persons and essential to ensuring compliance with their obligations under Malta’s prevention of money laundering regime. The event is designed to equip attendees with a practical understanding of the current requirements and of the direction of travel at European and international level.

The November session follows a sold-out FIAU training event on 8 October on money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions circumvention risks, which brought together more than 150 compliance, regulatory and financial services professionals. 

Through this series of training initiatives, the FIAU continues to support the private sector through knowledge sharing, capacity building and ongoing engagement. By promoting greater awareness of financial crime risks and strengthening expertise across the sector, the FIAU  is reinforcing the resilience and effectiveness of Malta’s framework, and underlining the jurisdiction’s commitment to high standards of transparency.