AMF-UMOA - Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l'Union Monétaire Ouest Africaine

The West African Monetary Union Financial Markets Authority (AMF-UMOA) is the public regulatory authority which ensures the proper functioning of the regional financial market. It was created on July 3, 1996 by a Convention signed between the eight (08) States of the Union which are Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The AMF-UMOA is responsible for a general mission of protecting savings invested in transferable securities and any other investment giving rise to a public offering procedure in all member states of the AMF-UMOA. Union. It is headed by a President appointed by the Council of Ministers, and its administrative and operational functioning is ensured by a Secretary General.