Capital Markets Authority of Uganda

Overview

Mandate

• The development of all aspects of the capital markets with particular emphasis on the removal of impediments to, and the creation of incentives, for longer term investments in productive enterprises.
• The creation, maintenance, and regulation, through implementation of a system in which market participants are self-regulatory to the maximum practicable extent, of a market in which securities can be issued and traded in an orderly, fair, and efficient manner.
• The protection of investor interests.
• The operation of an Investor Compensation Fund.
• The licensing of brokers and other financial industry professionals.