Calcutta Stock Exchange hopes on resuming operations in March-April 2024: official
The Hindu
CSE hopes to make comeback as 3rd equity exchange by Mar-Apr 2024. SEBI barred it in Apr 2013 due to compliance issues. CSE will adhere to measures by Jan & resume trading with new tech. 1,842 listed cos & 400 registered trading members, CSE has important role to play in Indian capital market. BSE is single largest shareholder with 4.99% stake. WBIDFC holds 3.37% stake. Time will tell how fruitful CSE's efforts will be.
Buoyed by positive indications from the market regulator, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) hopes on making a comeback as the third equity exchange of the country by March-April 2024, a senior official said on Sunday.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred the CSE from trading on its platform in April 2013 due to regulatory and compliance issues.
"We will come back as the third equity bourse of the country soon. There is positive feedback. We have to adhere to some measures, which will be done by January," CSE chief general manager Dhiraj Chakraborty told PTI.
"We hope to resume as an independent exchange again by March-April with new technology, which will be the best in the industry," he said.
Currently, the CSE is surviving by providing its members with facilities to trade on the NSE platform.
"With the approval of SEBI and subject to the decision of the Calcutta High Court, CSE expects to resume its trading and settlement functions on its own platform in the near future with state-of-the-art technology and to also expand its portfolio to include currency and commodity trading," CSE chairman Deepankar Bose informed the shareholders.
With 1,842 listed companies and around 400 registered trading members, the CSE has always had an important role to play in the Indian capital market and maintains a net worth in tune with the regulatory requirements, it's latest annual report said.
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