Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities / Derivatives

Bangladesh Introduces Unusual Circuit Breaker Mechanism

By Editors | 23/03/2020

Individual stocks will not be allowed to fall below their average closing prices of the preceding five days, and trading is curtailed to just three hours a day.

Securities / Derivatives

Bangladesh Regulator Approves Rules for ‘Alternative Trading Board’

By Editors | 06/12/2019

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a set of rules to enable the trading of non-listed companies on a new ATB board.

AML / KYC

Bangladesh Publishes New National AML/CFT Strategy

By Editors | 23/11/2019

The national strategy contains 11 strategies along with 137 action plans, aimed at eliminating gaps identified in the 2016 mutual evaluation report from the APG.

AML / KYC

Investors Accuse BSEC Chairman of Embezzlement, Money Laundering

By Editors | 24/08/2019

The chairman of Bangladesh’s securities regulator is alleged to have approved IPOs for companies that falsified their financial statements to show higher profitability.

Securities / Derivatives

Dhaka Bourse to Develop Tradeable Capital Market Indices

By Editors | 17/07/2019

The Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses, as strategic partners, will provide technical support to help the Dhaka Stock Exchange develop the new indices.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Eases Banks’ Stock Exposure Rules to Free Up Capital

By Editors | 22/05/2019

In a bid to boost banking system liquidity, the central bank has excluded investments in non-listed securities from banks’ capital market exposure calculations.

Market Infrastructure

Dhaka Bourse Mulls New Data Exchange Platform

By Editors | 13/05/2019

The DSE’s ‘Financial Data Exchange Platform’ will allow regulators, market infrastructures and financial institutions to safely and efficiently exchange messages and files.

Securities / Derivatives

BSEC Publishes Draft Rules on Securities Short Selling

By Editors | 07/05/2019

The draft rules set out requirements for brokers and dealers in relation to short selling of securities, which is currently prohibited in Bangladesh.

Securities / Derivatives

DSE Proposes Measures to Develop Bangladesh Capital Market

By Editors | 22/04/2019

After a major decline in market cap since last year, Dhaka Stock Exchange has submitted proposals to the regulator to help stimulate the market.