(DOWNLOAD) "Investors' Perception Towards Capital Market Operations--an Empirical Study." by Asia-Pacific Business Review * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Investors' Perception Towards Capital Market Operations--an Empirical Study.
- Author : Asia-Pacific Business Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 262 KB
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Introduction The Indian capital market witnessed radical changes as a result of liberalization initiative, characterized by institutional build up, technological advancements, modernization and transparent trading practices. The change in the capital market is also reflected in the number of shareholders which has exploded everywhere for the whole country to 125 lakhs with an increase of 3-4 times between 1983 and 1992. After that it rose to 20 million shareholders. This is too small when compared to the population of India. In advanced countries, a sizable percentage of the population invests in capital market and mutual funds. Such investments culture is to be developed in India also. Inspite of the developments in the capital market, many investors continue to keep away from the market due the prevalence of unethical acts of promoters, shares brokers, high volatility in the market, poor investment knowledge of the ordinary investors and high element of uncertainty and risk added to these problems. This calls for the attention of the government and policy makers to understand the factors influencing the capital market operations which enable them to take initiatives to decide the measures to pull them into the ambit of investors in corporate securities. This ensures individual development as well as alround development of the country's economy. So, the present study focused its attention to bring to limelight the factors influencing the capital market operations with the following objectives: