The Financial Market Surveillance Intelligence Centre (CISMF) is an institutional knowledge transfer unit of UQAM School of Management whose mission is to :
1- Help ensure the integrity of the financial ecosystem by promoting best practices in the fight against manipulation to all stakeholders (investors, regulators, public decision-makers, academics, entrepreneurs, NPOs, media, etc.) ;
2- Identify optimal approaches to detecting manipulation and deceptive trading practices that could affect all financial instruments on exchanges or over-the-counter markets ;
3- Position Montréal as a North American and international centre of excellence in research, training and innovation in the field of financial market surveillance (scientific research relevant to practice and industry, training at all levels of study of highly qualified personnel for the Montréal financial centre, and development of innovative approaches to financial market intelligence).