Central Bank of Malta
Former Malta deputy governor wins libel case
Alfred Mifsud wins €1,000 from Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in 2017
ECB official calls for European action on money-laundering
Corrected: Commission said to be considering enhanced role for EBA after recent scandals
Central Bank of Malta seeks closer ties with North Africa
Malta is well-placed to link the north and south sides of the Mediterranean, says board director Philomena Meli
People: Banque de France deputies named
Sylvie Goulard and Denis Beau take positions at Banque de France; second deputy governor at Bank of Ghana vacates post; Bolivian central bank’s board gets new vice-chair; and more
Maltese banks’ assets rise as loans fall, central bank says
Assets pushed up by growth in mortgage and placements with eurozone banks
People: Malta finds replacement for Mifsud; DNB appoints new board member
People: Malta appoints new deputy governor; Netherlands picks Else Bos as new board member for prudential supervision; and more
People: Maltese deputy resigns; India and Macedonia seek new deputies
Alfred Mifsud resigns from Central Bank of Malta following civil dispute with former partner; India and Macedonia advertise for senior officials; and more
Central Bank of Malta restructuring probably complete
The institution is moving from five directorates to six divisions; latest changes see statistics department partnered with financial stability as overlaps between them increase
ECB reports 20.7% drop in number of counterfeits
Number of counterfeits ticked up in the second half of 2016, but annual figures are down; €50 note still dominates in terms of counterfeit volume, with new note to be released in April
Malta’s deputy governor to remain in post, central bank confirms
Alfred Mifsud will continue as one of the Central Bank of Malta’s two deputy governors; allegations of corruption, denied by Mifsud, are ‘outside bank’s remit or competence’, spokesman says
Mario Vella ‘expected’ to be new Maltese governor
Economist ‘expected’ to be in post on July 1, as it is considered ‘unlikely’ president will object to prime minister’s choice; opposition party is not happy with choice, however
Succession in doubt at Malta's central bank as deputy withdraws from consideration
Maltese deputy governor formally asks not to be considered as next governor following corruption allegations; prime minister’s office says current governor will step down by July 1
Malta’s deputy governor denies corruption allegations
Deputy governor of Malta’s central bank strongly denies allegations of bribe-taking and issues defamation writs; no official announcement on next governor, due to be appointed on July 1
Central Bank of Malta revamps main structural model
Version three of the ‘Stream’ model captures the interlinked nature of the fiscal and financial sectors, with extra detail added to the financial block and new data used for estimation
Maltese not ‘aggressive’ in restructuring assets in 2014
Financial Stability Report indicates core domestic banks re-balanced assets to boost returns but were not aggressive in their approach
Malta names Alfred Mifsud as deputy governor
Former chairman of Crystal Finance Investments joins the central bank as a deputy governor; he will ‘primarily’ focus on monetary policy during his five-year term
Research department split at Central Bank of Malta
Annual report reveals separation of economic forecasts and quantitative research into separate departments, as governor looks to boost capacity
Bonnici disappointed by TLTRO take-up in Malta
Central Bank of Malta governor Josef Bonnici says it "would be a pity" if the country’s banks did not take advantage of the cheap funding on offer
Maltese banks see increase in non-performing loans
The domestic banks in Malta had to increase their provisioning levels further to respond to the credit risk, notes central bank
People: Malta gets second deputy; Lautenschläger aces European Parliament test
Central Bank of Malta gets second deputy governor for first time; Lautenschläger wins overwhelming majority in European Parliament vote; and more
Maltese governor says ECB’s policy will ‘take a while’ to hit periphery
Josef Bonnici attributes the drop in loans to the private sector in the eurozone’s stressed countries to the ‘weak and uneven’ monetary policy transmission mechanism