BICM in a brief

Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM) was established as a national institution for imparting practical capital market education and training on July 24, 2008. The Institute is gradually emerging as a center of excellence for professional development of capital market intermediaries and full spectrum of market professionals through disseminating recent and updated theoretical and practical knowledge.

The institute fulfilled the long felt demand of market intermediaries as well as development partners. The idea was first mooted by Chittagong Stock Exchange and a feasibility study was carried out under World Bank managed multi-grant TA, FIRST initiative. The expatriate consultants recommended setting-up a “Securities Institute” in Bangladesh for bridging the gap between the competence and skills required and exist.Later, UNDP as well as ADB under their respective TA recommended for establishment of a “Securities Industries Development Center” and a “National Capital Market Institute” autonomous in nature.

In 2010, the government approved organogram of BICM that has similarity to a public university, at small scale, having 97 employees including 27 faculty members. In 2013, the government also approved the compensation structure of the institute. Under the leadership of Professor Dr. M. Khairul Hossain, Chairman, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) [Contact- Tel: +88-02-9563713], the Institute has got a competent Board of Directors with a wide range of expertise representing cross section of stakeholders that ...