Senior Content editor of FT Live to moderate FinanceMalta Conference

Michael Imeson, senior content editor of Financial Times Live will be moderating this year’s FinanceMalta’s annual conference entitled ‘Malta’s Financial Services Industry - Taking the Next Quantum Leap’. The conference will be held on Thursday, 18th May at the Hilton Conference Centre, Malta. The day before the organisers will also be hosting a pre-conference networking event.

Commenting about his involvement in the FinanceMalta seminar, Mr Imeson said “I am very pleased and honoured to be moderating FinanceMalta’s annual conference. I have worked with FinanceMalta ever since it was created on many editorial and conference projects, and have always had an excellent relationship with its chairman and other staff. Whenever I write an article on the country’s financial sector, FinanceMalta is always my first port of call.

Mr Imeson added that, “In the past 15 years Malta has developed into an important, niche financial centre within the European Union. Malta’s Presidency of the European Union this year has pushed it firmly onto the world stage. The spin-off benefits of this role are proving immensely important, politically and economically.”

On the relevance of topics at the 10th Annual FM Conference, Mr Imeson said, “The topics to be covered at this year’s conference are highly relevant – the impact of Brexit on Malta, the need for EU regulation to be proportionate to the risks, and ensuring that Malta continues to develop as an international financial centre. I’m particularly looking forward to the panel session on how Malta could be used as a test-bed for the commercial development of blockchain technology. The afternoon workshops on international pensions business, private equity and crowdfunding and fintech also look informative and exciting.

The main sponsor for this year’s conference are the Managing Partner Group (MPG), an asset management group that specialises in structuring, managing and administering mutual funds, securitisations and collective investment schemes. Other conference sponsors include Swissquote Financial Services (Malta) Ltd., Bank of Valletta, and VacancyCentre, while the pre-conference networking event is sponsored by Castille Resources.

Further information and registration for the FinanceMalta 10th Annual Conference can be accessed on www.financemalta.org/conference-2017.