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About Nabil Stock Dealer
Nabil Stock Dealer Ltd. (NEPSE member #77) is the brokerage and stock-dealer subsidiary of Nabil Bank — one of the largest and oldest A-class commercial banks listed on NEPSE. Unlike most NEPSE brokers, which are independent securities firms, Nabil Stock Dealer benefits from being part of a regulated banking group: balance-sheet scale, mature compliance infrastructure, and an existing retail-banking client base it can cross-sell into.
The 'stock dealer' license is a newer category in Nepal — broader than a pure broker license, it allows the firm to deal on its own account as well as on behalf of clients. In practice that means tighter spreads on some names where Nabil Stock Dealer is willing to provide liquidity, and a research / advisory function that pure brokers don't typically run.
Strengths
- Banking-group backing means operational resilience — TMS uptime, settlement reliability, and compliance posture are all stronger than at most independent brokers.
- Cross-bank integration: if you already hold a Nabil current or savings account, on-boarding paperwork and settlement-cheque coordination is faster than at an unaffiliated broker.
- Research notes and sector updates published more regularly than at most NEPSE brokers — useful for first-time investors who want context before clicking buy.
- Stock-dealer license means the firm sometimes provides quote-side liquidity that smaller brokers can't match on thinly-traded names.
What to watch out for
- Daily turnover here is meaningful but lower than at pure-retail-focused brokers like Naasa. If you want to blend into top-broker buy flow on a name, the floorsheet impact at Nabil Stock Dealer is more visible.
- Onboarding is slightly more paperwork than at an independent broker because the banking-group compliance template is stricter — fine for long-term accounts, slower for traders who want to start placing orders this week.
- Like every NEPSE TMS member, brokerage is NRB-fixed (0.24%–0.36%). Don't expect a discount because of the parent-bank relationship.
How to open an account
- Open a Demat account at any commercial bank or DP (Depository Participant). This gives you a 16-digit BOID — required for every NEPSE transaction.
- Visit the broker's office (or download their KYC form from the TMS link below) with your citizenship certificate, PAN card, recent passport photo, and the bank-issued cheque or Demat statement that shows your BOID.
- Sign the broker's client agreement and the standing instruction that authorises NEPSE settlement.
- Once the broker activates your trading account (usually 1–3 business days), log in to their TMS portal with the credentials they email you and place your first order.
Account opening is free; brokerage is what they earn from
No NEPSE broker charges an account-opening fee — they earn on the per-trade commission (slid by NRB rules between 0.24% and 0.36% depending on trade size). If a 'service charge' is quoted up front, ask for the SEBON-approved fee schedule before signing.