Category: Press Releases

As the world grapples with the fight against the deadly CORVID-19 pandemic which has not only claimed lives and affected human livelihood, but also ravaged economies, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) continues to stand with you all in this fight…

As you are aware, the outbreak of the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) epidemic has continued to disrupt doing business even in the financial markets worldwide. H. E the President has issued directives to supplement the Ministry of Health guidelines and Standard…

Following the guidance by the Ministry of Health and directives issued by H. E the President on the COVID 19 pandemic (Corona virus), the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) wishes to inform all its stakeholders that we are taking this matter…

The Civil Division of the High Court has ruled that the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) should, among others, re-evaluate the application by Tolea Securities Limited (TSL) to issue Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on Altx East Africa Limited. The ruling is…

The Government has been urged to prioritize the use of debt capital markets as a way of financing the real economy. The call comes at a time when Government and the private sector are grappling with high bank interest rates…

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has embarked on the first round of inspections of licensed intermediaries for the financial year 2019/20. During this round, the Authority will be inspecting fund managers, following a risk profiling exercise that was conducted a…

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has learnt through media reports that there are persons who purportedly launched a commodities exchange to trade “precious metals” in Uganda. The reports have been seen in both traditional print and online media. Section 2 (d)…

Kampala, ……ore than 300 officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Uganda Police Force will be undertaking training this financial year on various aspects within the capital markets, in a bid to enable them understand the market operations,…

Since December 2013 when sugar manufacturer, Kakira Sugar Limited issued its UGX 76 Billion corporate bond, Uganda’s capital markets have not witnessed any new corporate debt issuance, despite the rising cost of bank debt, a factor that would be expected…

Kampala… The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Act Cap 84 has been reprinted as a way of updating it to incorporate all amendments effected by the CMA Amendment Act, 2011 and the CMA Amendment Act, 2016. The CMA Act Cap 84…