Capital Markets & Microfinance
The department carries out supervision of capital and securities markets, microfinance and financial cooperatives sectors. The supervisory objectives are to:
- Protect the interests of investors, depositors and borrowers; and
- Promote financial stability of the sectors.
The department conducts:
- Prudential supervision of financial cooperatives and deposit taking microfinance institutions; and
- Market conduct supervision of non-deposit microfinance institutions and intermediaries in the capital market, including securities exchanges, stock brokers/dealers, fund managers, transfer secretaries, investment advisors, collective investment schemes and the central securities depository.