Contents: Preface. 1. Overview of capital market. 2. Capital market instruments. 3. Credit rating and IPO grading. 4. Securities market intermediaries. 5. Market infrastructure institutions - stock exchange trading mechanism. 6. Debt market. 7. Money markets. 8. Mutual funds. 9. Alternative investment fund. 10. Collective investment scheme. 11. Resource mobilization in international capital market. 12. Indian depository receipts. 13. Regulatory framework governing stock exchange. 14. Securities and exchange board of India. 15. Depositories. 16. Listing and delisting of securities. 17. Issue of securities. 18. Regulatory framework relating to securities market intermediaries. 19. Insider trading - an overview. 20. Takeover code - an overview. 21. Investors’ protection. 22. Other SEBI regulations.