Capital Markets

A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. Capital markets channel the wealth of savers to those who can put it to long-term productive use, such as companies or governments making long-term investments. Financial regulators like Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Bank of England (BoE) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversee capital markets to protect investors against fraud, among other duties. Modern capital markets are almost invariably hosted on computer-based electronic trading platforms; most can be accessed only by entities within the …

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NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English

The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …

................................. 81 10.3 Capital Markets .......................................... payee, including retirees and the aged. 10.3 Capital Markets Capital costs are too high in India, relative


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

Financial sector reforms are part of the strategies that countries follow to exit from fragility, but the content and focus of these reforms and the priority they are given relative …

broadening access to finance; and developing local capital markets. Fragile states typically face challenges in



IMF: International Monetary Fund · 18 July 2024 English

The economy contracted in 2023 due to high energy prices and interest rates. Headline inflation has fallen sharply as end-user energy prices have stabilized, but core inflation remains somewhat stickier, …

market, including by progressing towards a Capital Markets Union. They also encouraged continued efforts combined with further progress toward EU-wide Capital Markets Union, would provide more financing for startups assets, which would earn the spread between capital markets and those on German government bonds (Generationenkapital) diversification of income sources. Progress towards a Capital Markets Union and a Savings and Investment Union would consultation periods. 39. Deepening the Capital Markets Union and reviewing potential regulatory restrictions


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 18 July 2024 English

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assets, which would earn the spread between capital markets and those on German government bonds (Generationenkapital) opportunities for income diversification. A capital markets union (CMU) across the European Union increase


SEACEN Research and Training Centre · 18 July 2024 English

The July issue discusses the previous year’s overall trends, latest patterns, and the outlook for the current year, while the December issue focuses on the current year’s quarterly capital flows …

flows pose to EMDEs. Cortes and Sanfilippo capital markets grew significantly following the GFC (2020


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 July 2024 English

The EU's leaders took two crucial decisions at their summit on 27 June to set the framework for the new institutional cycle: one on high-level appointments, the other on the …

Completing Banking and Capital Markets Union Achieving the Capital Markets Union and completing Banking Union Create truly integrated European capital markets, which are accessible and attractive to all benefit all Member States Continued • Capital Markets Union • Banking Union Elaborated • Accessible


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

This report includes a special focus chapter focused on the dynamics of the Moroccan private sector. It is based on the results of an analysis jointly conducted with the Moroccan …

eased the sovereign’s access to international capital markets, as evidenced by the large oversub- scription


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

This paper explores the potential correlations between financial development and state fragility, using a sample of 137 countries observed over the period from 1998–2019. The countries are grouped into clusters …

sustainable revenues, and the level of activity of capital markets). The FD index was developed by Sahay et al


Bank of England · 17 July 2024 English

Joel Mundy and Matt Roberts-Sklar When markets are volatile, liquidity tends to worsen. This makes it harder to intermediate buyers and sellers. We saw this during the 2022 liability-driven investment …


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