Key Concepts in nutshell:

Instruments:
1. Treasury Bill (T-bills): It is basically an instrument of short-term borrowing by the
Government of India maturing in less than one year. They are also known as Zero Coupon
Bonds.
2. Commercial Paper: It is a short-term unsecured promissory note, negotiable and
transferable by endorsement and delivery with a fixed maturity period. It is issued by large
and creditworthy companies to raise sort-term funds at lower rates of interest than market
rates. It usually has a maturity period of 15 days to one year.
3. Call Money: It is a short-term finance repayable on demand, with a maturity period of
one day to fifteen days, used for inter-bank transactions. It is a method by which banks
borrow from each other to be able to maintain the cash reserve ratio.
4. Certificate of Deposit (CD): It is a unsecured, negotiable short-term instruments in bearer
form, issued by commercial banks and development financial institutions. It can be issued to
individuals, corporations and companies.
5. Commercial Bill (Trade Bill): It is a short-term , negotiable, self-liquidating instrument
which is used to finance the credit sales of firms. The bill can be discounted with a bank if
the seller (drawer) needs funds before the bill maturity.

Differences between Capital Market and Money Market

Capital Market
1. Participants: Financial
institutions, banks, corporate
entities, foreign investors and
ordinary retail investors.
2. Instruments: Equity shares,
preference shares, debentures
etc.,
3. Investment outlay: The value
of securities is low Ex., Rs. 10,
Rs.. 100 and so is the case with
trading lot of shares Ex., 1
share, 5,10,50,100 etc.,
4. Duration: Capital market deals
in medium and long term
securities.
5. Liquidity: Capital market
securities have less liquidity; a
share may not be actively
traded.
6. Safety: Capital market
securities are riskier both with
respect to return and principal
repayment.
7. Expected return: Capital
market instruments yield a
high return for investors.

Money Market
1. RB1, banks financial institutions
and finance companies.
2. T- bills, commercial paper (CP),
certificate of deposit CD, trade bills
etc.
3. In the money market, transactions
entail huge sums of money as the
instruments are quite expensive.
4. Money market deals in short term
securities ranging one day to one year.
5. Money market securities have high
liquidity as there is a formal
arrangement for this.
6. Money market instruments are
much safer with a minimum risk of
default.
7. Money market instruments give less
return to investors.

Primary Market: It is also known as the new issues market. It deals with new
securities being issued for the first time. A company can raise capital through the
primary market in the form of equity shares, preference shares, debentures, loans and
deposits.
Secondary Market: It is also know as stock market or stock exchange or second-hand
market. It is a market for the purchase and sale of existing securities.

Difference between Primary Market and Secondary Market

Primary Market

Secondary Market

1. It is the market for new

securities.
2. Securities are exchanged
between company and the
investors.
3. It promotes capital
formation directly.
4. Only buying of securities
takes place. Securities cannot
be sold here.
5. There is no fixed
geographical location.
6. Prices are determined and
decided by the management of
the company.
7. Securities are issued to
investors for the first time.

1. It is the market for existing

securities.
2. Securities are exchanged
between investors.
3. It promotes capital formation
indirectly.
4. Both buying and selling of
securities can take place in the stock
exchange / stock market.
5. There is a specified location.
6. Prices are determined by demand
and supply for the security in the
stock exchange.
7. Securities may be bought and
sold many times but not the first
time.

Methods of Floatation:

1. Public issue through prospectus: under this method the company wanting to raise
capital issues a prospectus to inform and attract the investing public. It invites
prospective investors to apply for the securities.
2.Offer for sale: under this method the sale of securities takes place in two steps. In
the first step the company sells the entire lot of shares to the intermediary firms of
stock brokers at an agreed price .In the second step, the intermediary resells these
shares to investors at a higher price.
3. Private placement: In private placement the entire lot of new securities is
purchased by an intermediary at a fixed price and sold not to the public but to selected
clients at a higher price.
4.Rights issue (for existing companies: This is the offer of new shares (additional
shares) by an existing company to the existing shareholders. The shareholder may
either accept the offer for himself or assign to another. A rights issue to the existing
shareholders is a mandatory requirement.

5. e-IPOs: A company proposing to issue capital to the public through the on-line
system of the stock exchange has to enter into an agreement with the stock exchange.
This is called an Initial Public Offer (IPO). The issuer company should also appoint a
registrar to the issue having electronic connectivity with the exchange.
STOCK EXCHANGE

Meaning and definition of Stock exchange: The stock exchange is a market in which
existing securities are bought and sold.
The securities contract (regulation) act, 1956 defines a stock exchange as an
association, organization, body of individuals, whether incorporated or not,
established for the purpose of assisting, regulating and controlling of business in
buying, selling and dealing in securities.
Functions of stock exchange
1. Providing Liquidity and Marketability to Existing Securities: It gives investors the
chance to disinvest and re-invest. This provides both liquidity and easy marketability to
already existing securities in the market.
2. Pricing of Securities: Share prices on a stock exchange are determined by the forces
of demand and supply. A stock exchange is a mechanism of constant valuation through
which the prices of securities are determined.
3. Safety of Transactions: The membership of a stock exchange is well regulated and
its dealings are well defined according to the existing legal frame work. This ensures
that the investing public gets a safe and fair deal on the market.
4. Contributes to Economic Growth: A stock exchange is a market in which existing
securities are re-sold or traded. Through this process of disinvestment and re-investment
savings get channelized into their most productive investment avenues. This leads to
capital formation and economic growth.
5. Spreading of Equity Cult: The exchange can play a vital role in ensuring wider share
ownership by regulating new issues, better trading practices and taking effective steps in
educating the public about investments.
6. Providing Scope for Speculation: The stock exchange provides sufficient scope
within in the provisions of law for speculative activity in a restricted and controlled
manner.
NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE:

The National Stock Exchange of India is the latest, most modern and technology driven
exchange and was incorporated in 1992.
OVER THE COUNTER EXCHANGE OF INDIA
It was incorporated in 1992 to provide listing facility for small companies with paid-up
capital of less than 3 crores.

Differences between NSEI and OTCEI

Feature
1. Size of the Company
2. Securities traded
3. Settlement

NSE
1.Paid up capital Rs. 3 crores and above
2.Equity, debentures, T- bills, PSU bonds etc.,
3.Payment within 15 days of transaction

4. Objective

5. Established

4. Nation wide, ring less, transparent trading

facility for all instruments of both capital
market and money market.
5.
1992

OTC
1.Paid up capital of Rs. 30
lakhs and above
2.Equity, debentures etc
3.Payment within 7 days of
transactions
4.Servers as exchange for
small companies securities
5.

1990

SEBIS CHAIRMAN MR. U. K. SINHA

It was set up in 1988 to regulate the functions of the securities markets with a view to
promoting their orderly and healthy development, to provide adequate protection to
investors and thus to create an environment to facilitate mobilization of adequate
resources through the securities market.

1st May, 1992 SEBI was granted legal status. It is a body corporate having a
separate legal existence and perpetual succession
Functions of SEBI
It was set up in 1988 to regulate the functions of the securities markets with a view to
promoting their orderly and healthy development, to provide adequate protection to
investors and thus to create an environment to facilitate mobalisation of adequate
resources through the securities market.
1st May, 1992 SEBI was granted legal status. It is a body corporate having a separate
legal existence and perpetual succession
Protective Functions:
(i) SEBI prohibits fraudulent and unfair trade practices in the securities market such as
(a) Price Rigging Making manipulations with the sole objective of inflating or depressing
the market price of securities.
(b) Misleading statements: SEBI prohibits misleading statements which are likely to induce
the sale or purchase of securities.
(ii) SEBI Prohibits insider trading. An insider is a person connected with the company who is
reasonably expected to have access to price sensitive information in respect of securities of a
company which is not available to public at large. Directors, promoters etc., are considered
as insiders when they make use of privileged information to make individual profits by
buying or selling of the securities o the company is called insider trading.
(iii) SEBI undertakes steps to educate investors through investors, camps, T.V, News papers
etc.,
(iv) SEBI promotes fair practices and code of conduct in securities market such as
a) Companies cannot roll over the debenture holders, funds unilaterally and cannot change
terms
- term.
b) SEBI is empowered to investigate cases of insider trading and has provisions for still fine
and imprisonment.

c) SEBI has stopped the practice of making preferential allotment of shares at lower prices
than market price.
(v) SEBI issues timely guidelines clarifications to investors during stock market UPs and
downs.
Development Function:
i. SEBI promotes training of intermediaries of the securities market such as brokers, sub
brokers etc.,
ii. SEBI has permitted internet trading in a limited way through registered stock brokers.
iii. In order to reduce the cost of issue, SEBI has made under writing optional.
iv. SEBI has accepted the system of using the stock exchanges to market IPOs
v. All intermediaries including collecting banks here to register with SEBI
vi. Registration of foreign Institutional investors (FIIs) allowed for the development and
growth of Indian markets.
vii. PSU bonds brought under SEBIs purview
viii. Private mutual funds are allowed for the benefit of small investors.
ix. Debenture trustees to be registered by SEBI etc.
Regulatory Functions:
i. SEBI registers and regulates the working of mutual funds.
ii. SEBI regulates takeover of companies
iii. SEBI conducts inquires and audit of the stock exchange.
iv. SEBI registers and regulates the working of stock brokers, Sub Brokers, Brokers to an
issue, registrars to an issue, share transfer agents and such other intermediaries in the stock
market.
v. SEBI regulates the business in stock exchanges and securities market.
vi. SEBI has notified rules and regulations and a code of conduct to regulate the
intermediaries in the securities market such as underwriters, merchants, brokers etc.,
vii. Levying fee or other charges for carrying out the purposes of the Act.
FUNCTIONS OF FINAICIAL MARKET
1. Mobilization of savings and channeling them into the most productive uses: A
financial market facilitates the transfer of savings from savers to investors (industries)
2.Facilitate price discovery: In the financial market, the households are suppliers of
funs and business firms represent the demand. The interaction between them helps to
establish a price for the financial asset which is being traded in that particular market.
3. Provide liquidity to financial assets: Financial markets facilitate easy purchase and
sale of financial assets. In doing so they provide liquidity to financial assets, so that
they can be easily converted into cash whenever required.
4.Reduce the cost of transactions: Financial markets provide valuable information
about securities being traded in the market. It helps to save time, effort and money.

REFERENCE MATERIAL
Trading procedure on a Stock Exchange
Before understanding the procedure of trading and settlement, it is important to have an
overview of changes that have taken place in Indian securities market in last ten years. Three
most noticeable changes which have taken place are 1) Dematerialization, 2) Introduction of
screen based trading and 3) Shortening of trading and settlement cycles. The Depositories
Act was passed by the parliament in 1995 and this paved the way for conversion of physical
securities into electronic. With establishment of National Stock Exchange, there was a
significant change in the level of technology used for the operation of stock market. It led to
introduction of Screen Based Trading thereby removing the earlier system of open outcry
where prices of securities were quoted by symbols. Now all the transactions happen on
computer which is spread across country and connected to National Stock Exchange through
VSAT. These two factors combined together helped in reducing the trading and settlement
cycle in Indian securities market which got reduced from as long as 22 days to 2 days
currently.
Presently in India, stock exchanges follow T+2 days settlement cycle. Under this system,
trading happens on every business day, excluding Saturday, Sunday and exchange notified
holidays. The trading schedule is between 9.55 a.m. in the morning to 4.00 p.m. in the
evening. During this period, shares of the companies listed on a particular stock exchange can
be bought and sold. The SEBI has made it mandatory that only brokers and sub-brokers
registered with it can buy and sell shares in the stock exchange. A person desirous of buying
or selling shares on the stock market needs to get himself registered with one of these brokers
/ sub-brokers. There is a provision for signing of broker/sub-broker - client agreement form.
Brokers/sub brokers ask their clients to deposit money with them known as margin based on
which brokers provide exposure to the clients in the stock market.
However signing of client-broker agreement is not sufficient. It is also essential for a person
to open a demat account through which securities are delivered and received. This demat
account can be opened with a depository participant which again is a SEBI registered
intermediary. Some of the leading depositories in the country are Stock Holding Corporation
of India Ltd., ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank etc. If an individual buys shares, it is in the demat
account that credit of shares are received. Similarly when a person sells shares, he has to
transfer shares to the brokers account through his demat account. All the brokers/sub-brokers
also essentially have a demat account.
Shares can be bought and sold through a broker on telephone. Brokers identify their clients
by a unique code assigned to a client. After the transaction is done by a client broker issues
him contract note which provides details of transaction. Apart from the purchase price of
security, a client is also supposed to pay brokerage, stamp duty and securities transaction tax.
In case of sale transaction, these costs are reduced from the sale proceeds and then remaining

amount is paid to the client. Trading of securities happen on the first day, while settlement of
the same happens two days after. This means that a security bought on Monday will be
received by the client earliest on Wednesday which is called pay out day by the exchange.
However there is provision which allows a broker to transfer securities till 24 hours after pay
out receipt. Hence the broker may transfer shares latest by Thursday for a security bought on
Monday. Any transfer after Thursday would invite penalty for the broker. If a person has
bought security then he is supposed to pay money to the broker before pay in deadline which
is two days after trading day but the second day is considered till 10:30 a.m. Only. Hence the
client must pay money to the broker before 10:30 a.m. On T+2 day.

Objectives of NSE:
a. Establishing a nationwide trading facility for all types of securities.
b. Ensuring equal access to investors allover the country through an appropriate
communication network.
c. Providing a fair, efficient and transparent securities market using electronic trading system.
d. Enabling shorter settlement cycles and book entry settlements.
e. Meeting international benchmarks and standards.
ADVANTAGES OF OTC MARKET
1. It provides a trading platform to smaller and less liquid companies as they are not eligible
for listing on a regular exchange.
2. It is a cost effective method for corporates as there is a lower cost of new issues and lower
expenses of servicing the investors.
3. Family concerns and closely held companies can go public through OTC.
4. Dealers can operate both in new issues and secondary market at their option.
5. It gives greater freedom of choice to investors to choose stocks by dealers for market
making in both primary and secondary markets.
6. It is a transparent system of trading with no problem of bad or short deliveries.
7. Information flows are free and more direct from market makers to customers since there is
close contact between them.
OBJECTIVES OF SEBI
1. To regulate stock exchanges and the securities industry to promote their orderly
functioning.
2. To protect the rights and interests of investors, particularly individual investors and to
guide and educate them.
3. To prevent trading malpractices and achieve a balance between self regulation by the
securities industry and its statutory regulation.
4. To regulate and develop a code of conduct and fair practices by intermediaries like brokers,
merchant bankers etc., with a view to making them competitive and professional.
Questions (with some hints wherever necessary)
Important questions are shown with * mark and the Most important questions are
shown with ** mark
*1. What is a Treasury Bill?
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2. What is OTCEI?
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*3. What is financial market?
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4. Define Capital Market.
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5. What is meant by Commercial Paper?
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6. List out the instrument of capital market.
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7. Define stock exchange.
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8. What is call money?
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9. What is primary market?
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10. What do you mean by Secondary Market?
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11. Define money market.
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*12. What is REPO and Reverse REPO?
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Ans:
13. Explain the various segments of NSE.
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Hint: Refer NCERT Text Book
14. What is meant by Rights issue of shares?
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15. Differentiate between CP and CD
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16. Stock market imparts liquidity to investment Comment
3M
17. A company with a paid up capital of Rs.2.5 crore seeks your advice regarding listing of its
shares. What is your advice?
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Hint: OTCEI
18.What are the components of financial markets?
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19. What is the difference between CD and FD?
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20. What are T-bills?
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21. Explain the segments of Capital market.
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Hint: Primary Market and Secondary Market
22. What is pre-emptive right?
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23. Money market instruments are more liquid than capital market instrument Comment

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24. What are developmental functions of SEBI?
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25. What are protective functions of SEBI?
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26. Name any six regional stock exchanges.
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27. Nature of capital market can be well explained with the help of its features. State any
three such features of capital market.
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*28. What are the objectives of SEBI?
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*29. Distinguish between NSEI and OTCEI
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30 .Explain the scope of capital market.
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Hint:
i) Uses of funds ii) Suppliers of funds iii) Capital market instruments iv) Financial
intermediaries.
**31. Distinguish between primary market and secondary market.
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**32What are the functions of financial markets?
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33. Distinguish between NSEI and OTCEI on the basis of i) Year of establishment ii) Paid-up
capital iii) Securities traded iv) Objective
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34. What is meant by Primary Market? Briefly explain the concept of Rights issue for
existing companies.
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35. Define stock exchange. Explain any two features of stock exchange.
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*36. Distinguish between Capital Market and Money Market on the basis of i) Expected
Return ii) Safety iiii) Instruments iv) Liquidity
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*37. Distinguish between NSEI and OTCEI on the basis of i) size of company ii) securities
traded iii) settlement iv) objective
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38. What is meant by Primary Market? Explain any two methods of floating new issued in
the Primary Market.
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39. To promote orderly and healthy growth of securities market and protection of investors,
Securities and Exchange Board of India was set up With reference to this statement explain
the objective of Securities and Exchange Board of India.
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40. What is meant by Financial Market Explain any two functions of Financial Market?
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**41. Distinguish between Capital Market and Money Market.

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**42. What are the functions of stock exchange?
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**43. Explain the various money market instruments.
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44. Explain the capital market reforms in India.
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Hint: Refer trading procedure article given in the material
45. Explain the nature and purpose of NSEI.
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Ans: Refer Text Book
46. Explain the advantages of OTCEI.
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47. Explain the procedure of trading on a stock exchange.
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Hint: i) Selection of broker ii) Placing the order iii) Executing the order iv) Settlement
*48. SEBI is the regulatory authority of the securities market. Do you agree? Give any
four reasons in support of your answer.
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Hint: Regulatory Functions of SEBI
Hint: Existing shareholders have right to buy subsequent issue of shares by the same
company.
49. Primary market helps for capital formation where as secondary market provides
liquidity. Discuss
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*50. SEBI is the watch dog of the securities market Comment
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Hint: Yes, Regulatory Functions of SEBI
*51. In todays commercial world, the stock exchange performs many vital functions Do
you agree? Give any four reasons in support of your answer.
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*52. State any five methods of floating new issues in the primary market.
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53. Financial market plays an important role in the allocation of scarce resources in an
economy by performing many important functions Explain any four such functions.
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Hint: Functions of Financial Market
54. Explain the objectives of National Stock Exchange of India.
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Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends money to other commercial banks and Reverse repo
rate as the name suggests is the Rate at which RBI borrows from other commercial banks.
*55. Explain the Functions of SEBI.
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*56. What is IPO? Explain various method of making it.
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57. Explain the Organisational Structure of SEBI and objectives of its committees.
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Ans.
The Organisational Structure of SEBI:
i) SEBI is working as a corporate sector
ii) Its activities are divided into five departments. Each department is headed by an executive
director.
iii) The head office of SEBI is at Mumbai and it has branch offices at Kolkata, Chennai and
Delhi
iv) SEBI has formed two advisory committees to deal with primary and secondary markets.
v) These committees consist of market players, investors associations and eminent persons.
Objectives of the two Committees are:
i) To advise SEBI to regulate intermediaries
ii) To advise on issues related to development of primary market in India.
iii) To advise SEBI on disclosure requirements of companies
iv) To advise for changes in the legal framework for simplification and transparency in the
primary market.
v) To advise the board on matters relating to regulation and development of secondary market
in India.
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