Capital market
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The capital market is the market for securities, where companies and governments can raise long-term funds. The capital market includes the stock market and the bond market. Financial regulators, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, oversee the capital markets in their designated countries to ensure that investors are protected against fraud. The capital markets consist of the primary market, where new issues are distributed to investors, and the secondary market, where existing securities are traded.
[edit] Regulatory authorities
- See main article List of financial regulatory authorities by country
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission, (Australia);
- Financial Supervision Commission, (Bulgaria);
- Canadian Securities Administrators, (Canada);
- Financial Supervision Authority, (Finland);
- Autorité des marchés financiers, (France);
- Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, (Germany);
- Securities and Futures Commission, (Hong Kong);
- Securities and Exchange Board of India, (India);
