For the betterment of Small Capital Platform and to implement the BSEC notification no. BSEC/SRMIC/2021-206/69 dated February 17, 2022 regarding Qualified Investors of Small Capital Platform, BSEC has taken the following decisions:

1. In addition to existing registration process for the Qualified Investors (Qls) for applying the primary shares, the stock exchanges will register automatically of the Exchanges based on data and information provided by CDBL and DP, without fees as per the latest issued Commission’s Notification. However, the Qualified Investors for trading in the secondary market do not require registration in ESS further. The Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) or Depository Participants (DP) will provide the list of the Qualified Investors on quarterly basis to the Exchanges and accordingly Exchanges will ensure their trading facilities in the secondary platform.
2. At the time of accepting any buy or sell order for shares listed in SME platform, the respective DPs/brokerage houses will ensure the eligibility of Qualified Investors based on their available data in back-office software or OMS. Confirmation of QI is more preferable to implement at BROKER end through Order Management System (OMS) or back office system as investors’ primary information (KYC) is preserved by them.
3. For further checking as to eligibility of QI’s order, the trade data may be verified at the time of clearing and settlement through Clearing and Settlement (CNS) software of stock exchanges and stock exchanges will make a report (with warning to DPs) after trade hoursbased CNS’s data and submit it to the Commission.