The word Market concerns
with the place where people buy and sell the goods & services. Just as Financial
market (FM) is concern with the creation & exchange of financial assets.
The financial assets are Shares, Equities, and Bonds etc.
Types of Financial Market
Various scholars
describe FM in various ways. But for the sake of simplicity we can divide FM in
5 major parts. They are as follows:
1st on the basis of “type of financial claim”
1.1
Debt Market:
The Debt concerns
with the safe investment where the investors provide loans to the business in
term of Debt instruments like Debentures. A company has to pay interest on such
type of loans. Here a fixed amount of money pays to investor that is why it is
called the financial market for fixed claims.
1.2 Equity market:
When Debt investors
take their claims, then the Equity holders are the owners of claims are bigger
than the Debt holders. The example of Equity instrument is Equity share
holders.
2nd On the
basis of “Maturity of claims”
2.1 Money market:
Money market is a short-term debt transaction. In
India the money market consists of informal money market & formal money
market.
Informal
money market includes the traditional money lenders, their operations are not
governed by government regulation. Usually their operations are restricted in
particular geographical area only.
Formal money market is basically operates under
the presence of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Discount & Finance House
of India ltd., Non-Banking Financial Companies, Commercial Banks &
financial institutions.
2.2 Capital market:
It is a market for long-term financial assets such
as shares, Bonds, Debentures & mutual funds.
3rd on the
basis of “New issues or outstanding issues”
3.1 Primary market:
When the financial securities sell the 1st
time in the financial market. It is called Primary market. In another words we
can say Primary market is the market for fresh securities.
3.2 Secondary market:
It is concerning with the buying & selling of outstanding
or all ready existing securities in the market. In other words we can say that
Re-sale of buying securities.
4th on the
basis of “timing of delivery”
4.1 cash or spot market;
When we buy a financial security and its delivery
occurs immediately then it is call cash or spot market.
4.2 Forward or Future
market:
It is just opposite to the cash or spot market. It
means when we buy a financial security and its delivery will be occur in
predetermined time in future.
5th on the
basis of “Organizational structure”
5.1 Exchange-traded market:
It is characterized by a centralized market with
standardized procedures.
5.2 Over the counter
market:
It is characterized by a decentralized market with
customized procedures.