Securities board of Nepal

Securities Board of Nepal
नेपाल धितोपत्र बोर्ड
LocationKathmandu, Nepal
Founded7 June 1993; 31 years ago (1993-06-07)
OwnerNepal Government
Websitehttps://www.sebon.gov.np/

Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) (Nepali:नेपाल धितोपत्र बोर्ड) is the regulator of securities market in Nepal. It was established on June 7, 1993 after the first amendment in the Securities Exchange Act 1983.[1] It follows the rules laid out in the Securities Act, 2006.[2] The organization has four departments: Regulation, Supervision, Commodity Market and Research, and Management and Legal. These departments look after eight divisions, each responsible for different parts of the securities market. Within these divisions, there are twenty smaller sections.[3]

SEBON gets its operation cost from the government, fees charged for transactions on the stock exchange, and fees for registering corporate securities. Other income comes from fees for registering and renewing stock exchanges and other market players, as well as money from its revolving fund. SEBON is the regulatory body of Stock Exchange, Merchant Bankers, Depository Participants, Credit Rating Agency & so on. Nepal Stock Exchange is only licensed market exchange under SEBON. There are 30 merchant banker and the list of Merchant Banker (July 2024) licensed by SEBON are:[4]

  • Aakash Capital Limited
  • Arks Capital Advisors Limited
  • Asian Capital Limited
  • Citizens Investment Trust
  • Elite Merchant Capital Limited
  • Garima Capital Limited
  • Global IME Capital Limited
  • Himalayan Capital Limited
  • Jyoti Capital Limited
  • Kumari Capital Limited
  • LAxmi Sunrise Capital Limited
  • Machhapuchre Capital Limited
  • Market Pundit Capital & Merchant Banking Ltd.
  • Muktinath Capital Limited
  • Nabil Investment bank Limited
  • Nepal Life Capital Limited
  • Nepal SBI Merchant Banking Limited
  • NIC ASIA Capital Limited
  • NIMB ACE Capital Limited
  • NMB CAPITAL LIMITED
  • Prabhu Capital Limited
  • Provident Merchant Banking Limited
  • RBB Merchant Banking Limited
  • Reliable Investment & Merchant Capital Limited
  • Sampanna Capital and Advisory Nepal Ltd.
  • Sanima Capital Limited
  • Siddhartha Capital Limited
  • Sunlife Capital Ltd.
  • Himalayan Merchant Banker

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Koirala, Radhika (2012), A study on development of capital market in Nepal (with reference to NEPSE & SEBON)
  2. ^ Shrestha, Rajani (2009), Performance of Securities Board of Nepal SEBON on capital Market in Nepal
  3. ^ "SEBON". Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  4. ^ "Merchant Bankers". Retrieved 2024-07-31.
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