Financial market plays an important role in the allocation of scarce Sources in an economy by performing many important functions. Explain any four such functions.
Functions of financial markets are :
(i) Information dissemination: The main function of financial markets is to disseminate information about the trading activity of financial instruments between financial intermediaries and investors as per regulatory norms that enable informed decision-making about their transactions.
(ii) Facilitates price recovery: Financial markets also facilitates price discovery that is the process used to determine the current market prices of a financial instrument.
(iii) Provides liquidity: Financial markets provide liquidity by enabling a trading platform for investors who can invest their money in any type of instrument they desire.
(iv) Mobilises savings: Financial markets boosts people into utilising their savings in investments to obtain higher returns.