Sunday, August 3, 2014

Public Sector Institutional Investors

Rajesh Sharma



1.       I spent some time in reading and refreshing myself and tried to reflect  on new information in improving my own knowledge to understand the market dynamics. In these processes of introspection and retrospection, I realized that it is beyond normal comprehension to rationalize highs and lows of some companies and some sectors by using fundamental and technical analysis. Hence, I realized that we should utilize part of our sensory nerves to smell the activities inside the board rooms of mega buildings in Kathmandu valley.  I mean literally that we should observe activities of public sector institutional investors keenly and objectively. 

Nepali capital market has three important investing/trading categories: small as well as medium traders/investors, big traders/investors and institutional investors. Among these institutional investors the first group is that of private sector companies and the second one is that of public sector companies. In public sector companies a manager takes investment decision without taking any personal risks (forget about action against him/her even in case of heavy loss due to faulty investment decisions). This public sector institutional investor sub- category is not well understood in Nepal. Hence, the banks in case of insurance, micro-finance and hydro sector shares and insurance companies in case of banking sector shares are playing vital roles. Therefore, if we like to make informed decision and opt for calculated risk taking, we should learn about them. Education on this important market participant would certainly enable use to take better investment decisions.

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