The capital market performs important economic functions, contributing to the financing of the economy and the population’s free funds investment through the execution of securities transactions. A transparent and efficiently operating market is a precondition for increase in the economic activity by the provision of new investment possibilities.

The structure of the Bulgarian capital market conforms to that established worldwide. The Financial Supervision Commission exercises control over the activities of the market related entities – investment intermediaries, management companies, securities issuers, regulated securities markets, Central Depository.