Banking News – The Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) has unveiled its Capital Market Development Roadmap 2083, setting an ambitious target to increase Nepal’s stock market capitalization to 150 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2036.

The roadmap outlines several key objectives aimed at strengthening Nepal’s capital market over the next decade. SEBON plans to increase the number of listed companies from around 300 to more than 500, raise average daily trading turnover from Rs 8 billion to Rs 30 billion, and expand the number of Demat accounts to more than 12 million.

According to the roadmap, Nepal’s capital market is expected to evolve into a credible, transparent, technology-driven, and internationally competitive financial system by 2036.

The strategy also emphasizes expanding the capital market’s role in mobilizing long-term investment for industrialization, infrastructure development, energy, agriculture, information technology, and entrepreneurship.

In addition, SEBON aims to develop the corporate bond market so that it accounts for 20 percent of the overall capital market. Other targets include increasing the number of mutual fund schemes from the current 56 to more than 150, listing over 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and introducing the regular issuance of green bonds to support sustainable financing initiatives.