UMIR

The Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR) is a set of rules in Canada that dictate trading practices. An independent regulator formulates and sets the rules. The UMIR was made to establish a fair, efficient, and unbiased markets. Before UMIR, there was no regulator of trading practices and individual exchanges was governed by the set of rules agreed upon by individuals and entities on their own, according to their needs. With UMIR Canadian exchanges are expected to take part in only equal fairness in trades.