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A guidance note for shariah compliant funds has been issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority.
The note explains how the legal and regulatory framework established under the Investment Services Act would apply to shariah-compliant funds established under Maltese law.
The MFSA stated that Malta's principles-based regulatory regime lays emphasis on the disclosure of all information that the investor needed to know before taking the investment decision and on the transparency of investment management process itself.