What is a Central Securities Depository?
Peter Eisenhardt
30 years: Capital markets & investment banking
Central Securities Depositories, or CSDs, were developed in the 1960s from a crisis built on excessive trading volumes which threatened to swamp settlement systems. In this short video, Peter explains how CSDs function and their uses.
Central Securities Depositories, or CSDs, were developed in the 1960s from a crisis built on excessive trading volumes which threatened to swamp settlement systems. In this short video, Peter explains how CSDs function and their uses.
What is a Central Securities Depository?
1 min 38 secs
Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) were developed so that the securities industry could move towards “dematerialisation” and avoid swamping the settlement systems.
Key learning objectives:
Explain why CSDs were developed
Describe the scope and additional features CSDs provide
List examples of major CSDs
Peter Eisenhardt
16:07
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