Securities board of Nepal

{{Short description| Stock regulator of Nepal}}

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| name = Securities Board of Nepal

| alt_name = नेपाल धितोपत्र बोर्ड

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| city = Kathmandu

| country = Nepal

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| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|06|07}}

| owner = Nepal Government

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| homepage = https://www.sebon.gov.np/

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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.{{Citation | last = Koirala| first = Radhika| title = A study on development of capital market in Nepal (with reference to NEPSE & SEBON)| date = 2012}} It follows the rules laid out in the Securities Act, 2006.{{Citation | last = Shrestha| first = Rajani| title = Performance of Securities Board of Nepal SEBON on capital Market in Nepal| date = 2009}} 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.{{Cite web| title = SEBON| access-date = 2024-03-25| url = https://www.sebon.gov.np/about-sebon}}

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. The list of Merchant Banker (July 2024) licensed by SEBON are:{{Cite web| title = Merchant Bankers| access-date = 2024-07-31| url =https://www.sebon.gov.np/intermediaries/merchnat-bankers}}

• Aakash Capital Limited
• Arks Capital Advisors Limited
• Asian Capital Limited
• Citizens Investment Trust
• Citizens Capital Limited
• Elite Merchant Capital Limited
• Garima Capital Limited
• Global IME Capital Limited
• Himalayan Securities Banker
• Himalayan Capital Limited
• Himalayan InvestmentBanker
• 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.