May 2, 2022 Organization

Montréal – The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) today unveiled its 2022-2023 annual statement of priorities informing the public and financial sector stakeholders of the main initiatives it intends to put forward in the coming year.

Among its many activities, the AMF plans to focus significant efforts on the enhancement of assistance services to financial consumers, financial education, oversight and supervisory activities and enforcement. It will also continue to work on reducing the compliance burden on its regulated clienteles and will roll out new initiatives to support fintechs and foster innovation. In addition, the AMF intends to build on its work to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into financial activities and decisions.

The initiatives set out in the 2022-2023 annual statement of priorities form part of the implementation of the AMF’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan (pdf - 1 MB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on April 23, 2021The 2021-2025 plan, which has the wholehearted support of the Advisory Board, not only establishes ambitious and engaging orientations and objectives but will help further a number of major initiatives implemented under the 2017-2020 Strategic Plan while taking into account issues raised in connection with recent changes in Québec’s financial services industry, including those resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic. and the vision the organization has set for itself of being “A value-added regulator for consumers and the financial sector.”

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the regulatory and oversight body for Québec’s financial sector.

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