A meeting with the Institutional Investors was held on February 16, 2006. Held at the DSE board room with its newly-elected President Mr. Md. Abdullah Bokhari in the Chair, the meeting discussed various ways and means to widen the institutional support in the stock market. The meeting decided to form a ten-member working committee to strengthen the participation of institutional investors in the country's stock market. The committee comprising of representatives of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) and other market intermediaries will frame recommendations on the long-term development of country's stock market. Representatives of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), Arab Bangladesh Bank (AB Bank), Prime Finance and Investment Ltd, Prime Bank, IDLC, Capital Market Services Ltd, Union Capital Ltd, Swadesh Investment Management Ltd, Midas, Sabinco and other merchant banks attended the meeting. DSE Senior Vice President Mr. Ahmad Rashid Lali, Vice President Mr. N.U.M Oliullah, Directors Mr. Khwaja Ghulam Rasul, Mr. Md. Shakil Rizvi, Mr. Sharif Ataur Rahman, Mr. Shahed Abdul Khaleque, Mr. Md. Azizul Hoque and Chief Executive Offier Mr. Salahuddin Ahmed Khan also attended.

Introduction of index-based loan ratio system under a flexible margin rules for the merchant banks, mandatory injection of pension and insurance funds in the stock market and allowing the institutional investors to obtain a certain portion of shares of mutual funds under pre-IPO placement were also discussed in the meeting.