Markets
SEBON puts NEPSE overhaul and margin lending at top of reform agenda
Nepal's securities regulator promises margin lending within the Nepali month of Asoj 2083 and new trading instruments before fiscal year 2083/84 ends, while pressing single-owner brokerages to merge or corporatise.
NEPSE inches up 0.18% as SEBON cuts promoter share-sale notice to five trading days
Turnover fell 18% in the week to 9 October, and only banks gained ground. Now founding shareholders can sell up to 15% of their stakes without warning. Here is what that means for promoters and retail investors.
Rs 122.8bn of share, bond and fund issues wait at SEBON, some since 2023
Nepal's securities regulator holds 153 applications to sell shares, bonds and fund units. Steel and cement makers want premium prices, and a bank with thinning capital wants Rs 7.46bn from its shareholders.
NEPSE ends a nervous week flat as a share-sale notice rule rattles investors
A Friday rally rescued the index, but the regulator's 15-day notice rule for large sellers remains the market's main worry before the Dashain holiday.
SEBON eases its share-sale notice rule to 15% and five trading days after investor protests
Six weeks after it required big shareholders to announce sales 15 days ahead, the regulator has narrowed the rule to founding holders and large sales, and added a duty to disclose buy-backs.
Nabil's shareholders approve a 15.8% dividend as bank payouts range from 2% to 20%
Bank boards have proposed their dividends for 2082/83. The spread is wide, and for the first time several must also pay holders of their new preference shares.
Hydropower developers push back on SEBON's draft IPO rules as 34 power issues wait in line
Power producers say a proposed net-worth test and an operating-history requirement could shut most hydropower projects out of the public market, which they rely on for construction money.
Nepal halved its tax on share profits months after raising it, and the harder reforms are still ahead
A 21-point plan to revive NEPSE has cut capital gains tax to 3.75% and 5%. Margin trading, a new index and access for Nepalis abroad depend on deadlines that start this month.
Ten shares and a lottery: why Nepal's IPOs are oversubscribed many times over
Millions of Nepalis apply for every new issue, most leave with nothing, and the system shapes how the whole market behaves.
Gold climbs to Rs 295,700 a tola, still below January's record
Bullion is costly again ahead of the festival season, and higher import duty has added to the price Nepalis pay.
SEBON plans a cautious, phased start to intraday trading
Nepal's regulator wants to let investors buy and sell the same share in one day, but only in liquid stocks and only after margin lending rules are in place.
How Nepal's stock market works: NEPSE, Meroshare and the 8m-account investor base
A plain-English guide to a small, retail-driven exchange: who can invest, how Meroshare and brokers work, what this year's tax and trading-rule changes mean, and why banks and hydropower dominate.
Why a dollar costs about Rs 155: Nepal's 1.6 peg to the Indian rupee explained
Nepal's currency moves with India's, which has weakened this year, and the arrangement brings stability at the cost of monetary independence.