Malta: Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

CSB Group announces their presence at major industry events throughout 2026, including prestigious yachting festivals in Cannes and Monaco, gaming summits in Lisbon and Rome, and Malta's premier financial services conference. The firm also highlights recent regulatory updates affecting Malta's tax residence programs and ship registry authentication procedures.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered a preliminary ruling addressing whether pension rights linked to demanding occupations must account for equivalent work completed in other EU Member States. The case examines how Slovakia's social security institution handled an underground miner's cross-border employment history when assessing eligibility for occupational pension advantages, raising fundamental questions about the practical application of EU social security coordination rules.

Malta has implemented the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The rules apply immediately and introduce new employer obligations on equal pay, transparency and reporting.

As the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (the "DORA Regulation") and Directive (EU) 2022/2556 (the "DORA Amending Directive") is drawing closer (17th January, 2025)...

Malta offers 9 residence programmes to meet different individual circumstances. Some are appropriate for non-EU individuals while others provide an incentive for EU residents to move to Malta.

Introduced through Legal Notice 98 of 2022 and later amended by Legal Notices 220 of 2022, 48 of 2023 and 5 of 2024 the Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules applied to pension income derived on or after 1 January 2022.

Amplifying its efforts to crack down on U.S. taxpayers' use of Malta pension funds to attempt to achieve federal income tax savings, the IRS recently has issued proposed regulations...

Bank of Valletta will be offering customers a unique opportunity to invest in a newly launched MAPFRE MSV Life product which will be made available through BOV Branches, BOV Investment Centres...

A new legal notice, published on 3 March 2023, updates the thresholds indicated in the Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules, originally introduced in 2022.