Archive for December 2008

Islamic Finance Seminar

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services, Islamic Finance

From: Malta Business Weekly, 2 December 2008 
The Malta Institute of Management (MIM), the Malta Union of Bank Employees (MUBE) and the Malta Employers Association (MEA) are organising the second Islamic Finance Seminar in Malta tomorrow at 5pm at the Radisson SAS Baypoint, St Julian’s.  The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is examining and analysing the [...]



HSBC best for internet banking

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By maltainc | Category: Banking, Financial Services

From: Malta Business Weekly, 2 December 2008 
HSBC won the Best Consumer Internet Bank award at the recent World’s Best Internet Bank 2008 awards ceremony held by Global Finance magazine in New York.  The HSBC Group’s internet sites also carried off a total of eight other regional and global category awards — an improvement over the [...]



Marsec-XL setting industry trends from Malta

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By maltainc | Category: Super Yacht/Luxury Yacht Industry

From: Malta Business Weekly, 2 December 2008 
Sunseeker International, the world famous luxury boat brand has joined Marsec-XL – the Marine Software Engineering Foundation which has established its first Cluster of Excellence in Malta.  Details of Marsec’s operations were given at a press conference chaired by Geir Fagerhus, chief executive officer of Marsec and Krystina Wojnarowicz, [...]



World Aviation Group celebrates growth in operations

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By maltainc | Category: Aviation Sector

From: Times of Malta, 20 November 2008
Two companies within the World Aviation Group – BPO Services Ltd and Centrecom Ltd – have celebrated their first and second year of operations in Malta. With Aviation Online and World Aviation Systems, both organisations make up WAG, a Maltese-Australian joint venture company in which Air Malta is the [...]



Interview: Transforming Malta into a quality e-commerce destination

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By maltainc | Category: Top Story

From: Malta Business Weekly, 2 December 2008

Although Malta is keen to become an important e-commerce hub in Europe, and the world, there remains a lot which needs to be done to shore up our product and bring it up to scratch.  The Malta Business Weekly spoke to Ronald Attard, senior Partner at Ernst & Young [...]



Actavis wants Malta to become regional hub

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services

From: Times of Malta, 2 December 2008
Actavis, a pharmaceutical company with a plant in Malta, wants to make the island its regional hub for north, central and west Africa and beyond, Actavis vice-president for emerging markets Hordur Thorhallson said.  He was speaking at the signing of a multi-million dollar five-year agreement with an Algerian company [...]