The number of foreign and expatriate investors is continuously decreasing in the stock market of the country. The flow of foreigners leaving the stock market for the past few months has not stopped yet. Beneficiary Owners (BO) accounts of foreign and expatriate investors have decreased by 31 in the last 14 working days after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government. And in the last three months it has decreased by more than 8 thousand.

Although the number of foreign and expatriate investors has decreased in the country’s stock market, the number of local as well as domestic investors is also increasing after the fall of the Hasina government. In the last 14 working days, the BO of local investors has increased by about 5,500. However, compared to three months ago, there are more than 100,000 BO accounts less in Share Bazar.

BO is an account opened by an investor with a brokerage house or merchant bank for investing in the stock market. Investors transact in the stock market through ABO account. Trading in stock market is not possible without BO account. Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) is responsible for maintaining BO account information.

According to the data of CDBL, at the end of August 25, the number of BO accounts of investors in the stock market stood at 16 lakh 73 thousand 552. Which was 16 lakh 68 thousand 58 during the fall of Hasina government. According to this, after the fall of Hasina’s government, BO accounts in the stock market increased by 4 thousand 494.