Introduction
Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. was established in the year 1875. It is Asia's first ever stock exchange and one of the leading exchange groups located in India. For the past 137 years, Bombay Stock Exchange has simplified the development of the Indian business sector by providing it a proficient capital raising platform. It is widely known as BSE. Bombay Stock Exchange is an organized and demutualized unit, with a base of broad shareholding that includes two leading international exchanges, Deutsche Bourse and Singapore Exchange as its strategic partners.Bombay Stock Exchange offers an efficient and clear market for exchanging or trading in equity, derivatives, debt instruments and mutual funds. It also provides a platform for exchanging in equities of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).There are more than 5000 companies that are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange thus making it the world's No. 1 Exchange in the terms of listed members. The companies that are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd command a total market worth of 1.32 Trillion US Dollars as of January 2013. It is also one of the world's top exchanges for the Index options trading.
Bombay Stock Exchange also offers a host of various other services to the capital market contributors, which includes risk management, settlement, clearing, market data services and education. It also has a worldwide reach with its customers all around the world and a nationwide presence. Bombay Stock Exchange systems and processes are highly designed to provide security to market integrity, to accelerate the growth of the Indian finance market and to encourage innovations and competitions across all of its market segments.
Bombay Stock Exchange is the first ever exchange in India and the second in the world to acquire an ISO 9001:2000 certification. It is also the first ever Exchange in the nation and second in the world to obtain Information Security Management System Standard BS 7799-2-2002 certification for its Online Trading System called the BOLT. It functions as one of the most highly respected capital market relation educational institute in the country, the Bombay Stock Exchange Institute Ltd. Bombay Stock Exchange also offers pool services through its Central Depository Services Ltd. (CDSL) arm. Bombay Stock Exchange's most popular equity index called the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange SENSEX is India's most broadly followed stock market benchmark index. It is exchanged internationally on the EUREX and also on leading traders of the BRCS nations which are Brazil, China, Russia, and South Africa. Bombay Stock Exchange has secured numerous awards and various recognitions which acknowledged the work done and progresses made.
Few awards to mention would be The Golden Peacock Global CSR Award for its wonderful initiatives in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility, NASSCOM CNBC TV18's IT User Award in the year 2010 in the Financial Services category, Skoch Virtual Corporation Award in the BSE Star MF category in the year 2010 and Responsibility Award (CSR) by the World Council of Corporate Governance. Its latest milestones would include launching of BSE-SME Exchange platform, BRICSMART indices derivatives, S&P BSE GREENEX to endorse investments in Green India.
It contains 4 group of companies that are listed as:
• CDSL
• ICCL
• BSE Institute Ltd
• Marketplace Technologies
Its corporate structure includes the following divisions:
• Board of Directors
• This includes a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a Managing Director, a CEO and three Public Interest Directors.
• Management
• This includes a Managing Director, a CEO, a Chief Business Officer, a Chief Regulatory Officer, a Chief Financial Officer and a Chief Information Officer.
• BSE Advisory Committee
• It includes a Chairman and members from various other organizations.
Website www.bseindia.com
Contact details :Corporate Office
BSE Limited
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers
Dalal Street
Mumbai- 400001
Phones : 91-22-22721233/4, 91-22-66545695 (Hunting)
Fax : 91-22-22721919