Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)
BSEC gets two new commissioners
The government yesterday appointed two commissioners at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for a four-year term while extending the tenure of an existing commissioner by another term.
Will BSEC ever learn from its missteps?
Analysts say the regulator’s intervention is denting investors’ confidence and it comes at a time when they are still smarting from the wounds caused by the 18-month-long floor price, a period when most of the stocks were untradeable.
Sustainability disclosure standards needed to access external financing
Banks and financial institutions need to embrace global sustainability disclosure standards to access international financing and promote private sector development, said Mizanur Rahman, a commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).
'Bearish market resulted from floor price'
The long-term imposition of the floor price has had a negative impact on the stock market, leading to the current bearish trend, according to Md Ashequr Rahman, managing director of Midway Securities.
IMF wants to know why stock turnover fell
An IMF team meets BSEC officials today
BB-BSEC discord clouds NBFI governance
Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) have remained comparatively less regulated owing to a major gap between the Bangladesh Bank and the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on some provisions relating to corporate governance, according to analysts.
Everything that's wrong with our stock market right now
Only two years ago, Bangladesh's stock market was termed 'hidden gem.'
Rules relaxed for Best Holdings’ IPO on three conditions
Best Holdings is the owning entity of Le Méridien Dhaka
First Finance’s board restructured
The company’s accumulated loss now stands at Tk 325 crore
Master Feed’s investor, broker at loggerheads over share proceeds
BSEC to sit with the parties involved
Mutual funds can now invest up to 80% of funds in stocks
Earlier they were allowed to invest up to 60%
Police urged to restrict Alliance Capital’s MD from leaving Bangladesh
The enquiry committee found that Islam illegally transferred Tk 45.07 crore from mutual funds
Floor price reintroduced for 169 stocks
The floor price was lifted in December last year to bring vibrancy to the market
BSEC going for full automation to reduce stock manipulation
A two-day meeting of International Organization of Securities Commissions will begin in Dhaka on February 22
Ahmed Zaker & Co banned from auditing activities
Ahmed Zaker & Co Chartered Accountants has been banned from auditing all listed companies and mutual funds as the accountancy firm did not attend any enquiry hearing of four mutual funds of UFS Asset Management.
‘BSEC doesn’t have manpower to monitor companies properly’
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) cannot monitor all companies properly due to a lack of manpower, said BSEC Chairman Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam.
Orion Infusion retracts previous plan, will give 20% cash dividend
Orion Infusion has decided to give 20 per cent cash dividend to its investors for 2021-22.
Stocks’ floor price for block market eased
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has eased floor price for the block market, which will allow shares to be traded at 10 per cent lower price than the open market.
IMF didn’t raise floor price issue in today’s meeting: BSEC
A rumour was going on that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may ask the stockmarket regulator to lift the floor price as a condition of a new $4.5 billion loan, but the lender did not raise the issue in a meeting with the BSEC today.
