Rule · BSEC · 20 Oct 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission prohibits any merchant banker from providing margin loans for the purchase of securities of listed issuers on the stock exchange. This order is based on the powers granted under Instruction No. 14 of the Schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission (Merchant Banker and Portfolio Manager) Rules, 1996, and is intended to regulate such lending in the public interest. The order takes immediate effect upon issuance.
No. SECI/CMARRCDD/2001-43/192 October 20, 2009
Order
Whereas the Securities and Exchange Commission is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest to regulate certain additional matters regarding the provision of margin loans by merchant bankers as mentioned in Rule 36 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Merchant Banker and Portfolio Manager) Rules, 1996;
Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Instruction No. 14 regarding the provision of margin loans in the Schedule to the said Rules, the Commission hereby issues the following order, namely:
No merchant banker shall provide any margin loan for the purchase of securities of listed issuers on the stock exchange.
This order shall come into force immediately.
By order of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Md. Ziaul Haque Khondker
Chairman.
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