Directive on maximum limit of credit facilities

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission

No. BSEC/Surveillance/2020-975/240

12 August 2021

Directive

Considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Commission’s Directive No. BSEC/Surveillance/2020- 975/201 dated April 04, 2021 will be amended. For the interest of the investors, the TREC holders of the stock exchanges will extend maximum limit of credit facilities to their approved clients in the following manner under the Margin Rules, 1999, until further order:

Sl No.	DSE X Index	Maximum margin loan limit
1	Below 8,000	1:0.80 Basis i.e. 80% of the clients margin/deposit
2	8,001 or above	1:0.50 Basis i.e. 50% of the clients margin/deposit

This shall have immediate effect.

By order of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission

Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam
Chairman

Securities Commission Bhaban, E-6/C Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Administrative Area, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Phone (PABX): +88-02-55007131-2, Fax: +88-02-55007106, Email: info@sec.gov.bd, Web: www.sec.gov.bd