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.
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Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) were developed so that the securities industry could move towards “dematerialisation” and avoid swamping the settlement systems.
Key learning objectives:
Describe the scope and additional features CSDs provide
Understand why CSDs were developed
Outline the examples of major CSDs
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More than 25 countries across the world have moved to full dematerialisation - where paper certificates are eliminated altogether.
In the U.S., government and municipal bonds and mutual funds are dematerialised. In some countries, legal and regulatory changes are needed before physical certificates can finally be replaced.
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