Overview

The key functions of Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) include:

• Regulating, controlling, and supervising the financial markets
• Regulating the dealing of security activities with fairness, competitiveness, and transparency
• Raising public awareness on securities activities and promote investment and development in securities 
• Monitoring how well investors follow rules governing activities related to the trading of securities and other things in their dealings
• Implementing disclosure policies so as to achieve fairness, transparency, and avoid conflicts of interests and the exploitation of internal information.
• Combatting the causes of crimes that relate to financial markets
• Enhancing communication and information exchange with foreign financial markets as well as regional and international regulations, organizations, and institutions to gain benefits from their methodologies in order to further develop the financial markets in the State of Qatar
• Conducting studies, collecting information, and compiling statistics on the activities of financial markets and publishing relevant reports