BSEC

Chaos at BSEC meant to thwart graft probe

The chaos surrounding certain demands by a section of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) officials and employees in early March was aimed at protecting stock looters and manipulators exposed in an ongoing investigation, according to initial BSEC findings.

Should BSEC allow share buybacks by companies?

It is a positive sign for investors that directors of several well-known listed firms are purchasing their own shares, believing them to be undervalued amid a lack of buyers.

BSEC returns 10 mutual funds to RACE

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has withdrawn an order on investigating fund transfers of RACE Asset Management PLC while returning the right to manage the funds to the asset manager.

BSEC appoints independent directors to Beximco’s three listed companies

It follows a directive from the finance ministry

Extend tenure of Tk 200 crore stockmarket fund, BSEC urges BB

The commission also wants the fund dedicated for each bank to be increased to Tk 300 crore

Stock gains for third day amid regulatory optimism

The DSEX advanced 44.92 points, reaching 5209.76 as of 11:04 am.

BSEC to seek policy support from govt

Finance adviser to visit BSEC today

Investors protest decline in stock market, demand BSEC chief’s resignation

The investors claimed that the BSEC chairman had failed to prevent the market's downturn.

BSEC declines NCC Bank’s Tk 500 crore bond issue 

NCC Bank  plans to appeal the decision and seek a review 

December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023

Sikder Insurance: Rules broken, yet IPO goes ahead

Sikder Insurance Company Limited has invested most of its assets in the capital market, parking funds in a single stock of scandal-ridden National Bank Ltd (NBL), in a corporate wrongdoing influenced by family ties.

December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023

UCB gets approval to raise Tk 300 crore through perpetual bonds

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed the United Commercial Bank (UCB) to raise Tk 300 crore through perpetual bonds.

July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023

Stock floor price will be lifted once economy stabilises: BSEC

The stock market regulator will withdraw the market’s floor price as soon as the economy reaches a stable condition and investments of investors are secured, said a top official of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today.

January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023

How Bangladesh’s stock market remains an outlier

Most of the global stock indices plunged last March when the war between Russia and Ukraine escalated but they took only two months before bouncing back despite the conflict-induced turmoil worldwide.

October 11, 2022
October 11, 2022

BSEC awards 11 stock market intermediaries

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has awarded 11 stock market intermediaries for their “outstanding performance” in 2021.

October 6, 2022
October 6, 2022

BSEC rejects Baraka Power's Tk150 crore bond issuance

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected Baraka Power Limited's application aimed at issuing a Tk 150 crore fully redeemable non-convertible zero-coupon bond.

April 21, 2022
April 21, 2022

BSEC frets as institutions shy away from stocks

When the stock market goes through a bearish trend, the regulator usually prods institutional investors, mostly unofficially, to pour money to revive it and some of them respond positively.  

January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016

No rights issues approved in 2015

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission did not allow any listed company to raise funds through rights offers last year as it followed a go-slow policy in giving approvals.

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