The Nepal Securities Board (SEBON) has begun collecting suggestions for its upcoming fiscal year policy and program, inviting inputs from the public and stakeholders until Jestha 15.

In response, stock market analyst and investor Ambika Prasad Paudel has suggested key reforms aimed at improving the efficiency of Nepal’s capital market. He emphasized that allowing shares to be bought and sold on the very day they are listed could help resolve a significant portion of existing market issues.

Paudel stated that, except for shares blocked by banks or those restricted due to promoter-related regulations, all IPO shares should be made tradable immediately upon listing. According to him, this change alone could address nearly half of the current problems in the secondary market.

He further highlighted that improvements are also needed in IPO issuance software systems and their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), arguing that many inefficiencies originate from technical and procedural weaknesses in the issuance process.

In his social media remarks, Paudel noted that fixing IPO-related systems and enabling same-day trading could significantly streamline Nepal’s stock market operations and reduce investor complaints.