Bangladeshi markets to boom – eventually

Bangladesh’s equity and bond markets will offer foreign investors enormous growth and performance potential one day.

That, in essence, is the message from the capital markets panel at the 4th annual Bangladesh Investment Summit held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

The panellists, two of whom are former or current senior executives of the Chittagong Stock Exchange, discussed the development potential of the country’s stock market in particular.

“Bangladesh’s stock market is still in the emerging stage but following its developments of recent years it’s almost like a developed market,” said M.K.M Mohiuddin, the former president of the Chittagong...