A report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in November 2014 states that the Bangladeshi government’s long-term national capital market masterplan has become an integral part of its development strategy.

A third capital market development programme is expected to take effect in the second half of 2015 and will focus on extending the government yield curve and therefore promoting corporate bond market development.

Other objectives of the programme include catalysing institutional investor demand (such as by enhancing pension and provident fund participation); strengthening the insurance sector through recapitalisation of insurance companies sequenced with actions to ensure active investment and participation in the capital markets; promoting Islamic bond market development through the creation of an enabling environment to encourage sukuk issuance; and promoting key fundamentals of derivatives such as interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives. 

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