, July 27 -- The newly introduced Private Investor (PI) category will now allow general investors, registered institutions and funds to invest in privately offered bonds, open-end mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETF) and equities approved by the fund's regulatory authority, officials said at a workshop on Monday.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) organised the awareness workshop on the addition of the PI category to its Electronic Subscription System (ESS) through the Zoom platform, where representatives from merchant banks, asset management companies (AMC), TREC holders and other related institutions took part.

Speakers at the workshop said the ESS platform has so far allowed only Eligible Investor (EI) and Qualified Investor (QI) ca...