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CONTENTS 11 PREFACE By Her Excellency Marie L
Effective | Secure | Skilled
CONTENTS Financial Services 55 Malta's re-en
CONTENTS 85 Transforming Malta's logistical c
TWO WAYS TO CONQUER THE WORL
PREFACE Preface BY H.E. MARIE-LOUISE COLEIRO P
FOREWORD Foreword BY JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO F
FOREWORD
Why Malta? A land of inspiring potential and grea
INTRODUCTION Introduction BY THE HON. DR JOSEPH
INTRODUCTION Clockwise (from top): War damage to
INDEPENDENT MALTA A tribute to independent Mal
INDEPENDENT MALTA
INDEPENDENT MALTA by the Normans and then by t
aware of being born on a small area of land and t
INDEPENDENT MALTA Clockwise (from top): Present
the oldest free standing stone buildings in the w
INDEPENDENT MALTA
Clockwise (from top): Colourful traditional Malte
MALTA & THE UK Malta and the United Kingdom: val
MALTA & THE UK
OUTLOOK Malta: resilient so far, challenges ahea
OUTLOOK
Malta's whole banking sector has assets worth 789
ECONOMY Malta's economic transformation BY THE H
ECONOMY
ECONOMY
FINANCE A momentous year BY THE HON. PROFESSOR E
FINANCE players setting up their offices in ou
Reflecting insurance solutions around your innova
TOURISM Clockwise (from top): Barrakka Gardens,
TOURISM S trange as
TOURISM importance revolved around its locatio
the strong relationship between tourism and natio
TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE Forging Ahead BY THE
TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE
Island, whether reachable by sea or air, can over
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Valletta. Malta's shift tow
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Clockwise (from top): The fil
Clockwise (from top): Woman wearing beautiful Ven
E N P D E E D N N C I E A LT A M
FINANCIAL SERVICES Malta's re-engineered financi
FINANCIAL SERVICES
funds primarily consisting of Professional Invest
FINANCIAL SERVICES A WEALTH MANAGEMENT CENTRE
educational system wherein students seeking to pu
BANKING & FINANCE A solid foundation for
Malta has evolved significantly through the evolu
BANKING & FINANCE The next 50 years BY MARK WATK
BANKING & FINANCE Since the time of the Knight
BANKING & FINANCE
BANKING & FINANCE Transformation of Malta's ban
BANKING & FINANCE Overall, the core domestic b
BANKING & FINANCE Malta's banking pione
BANKING & FINANCE
providing fund management organisations with a co
MALTA STOCK EXCHANGE Growth of the Malta Stock E
over €9 billion and an appetite for new opportuni
FUNDS Malta: a fine funds location BY DEREK ADL
FUNDS comes out head and shoulders above anywh
TRUSTS Malta as a trust location BY MALCOLM BECK
TRUSTS through the wording in article 9 (4) of
Old view of Valletta. INSURANCE Malta'
INSURANCE Clockwise (from top): Valletta; An anci
INSURANCE Evolution of Malta's Insurance Regulat
INSURANCE
liberal policy as well as promotion of financial
INSURANCE options to insurance companies seeki
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS Malta: Mediterranean
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS The Port of Malta F
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
THE MALTA FREEPORT The advent of containerised ca
MARITIME SERVICES
MARITIME SERVICES Maritime Services in Malta si
MARITIME SERVICES
Drydocks and Malta Shipbuilding were dissolved in
MARITIME SERVICES
is licensed in Malta and which owns, charters or
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Malta: open for bu
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY from one of autarky and im
FDI FDI in Malta: an established trad
FDI The foreign direct investment option survi
FOCUS FOCUS ON: Malta Trade for Growth (MTFG)
FOCUS FOCUS ON: HSBC Malta's integrated financi
FDI SmartCity images Courtesy SmartCity / Cheste
FDI Malta's transformation into a knowledge -ba
FDI A
The SmartCity Malta project is a state-of-the-art
PROPERTY Europe's most unique and luxurious rea
PROPERTY Malta's luxury property market will ma
PROPERTY
the jurisdiction of choice for a number of multin
PROPERTY: PROFILE
BUSINESS AVIATION Malta as a business aviation
BUSINESS AVIATION
from Malta. The country saw a shift in the trade
ICT Malta's move to innovative communic
should be handled by a local company. However it
ICT
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