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A demat account is an Indian term for a dematerialized account that holds financial securities (equity or debt) digitally for traded shares in the share market. In India, demat accounts are maintained by two depository organizations: the National Securities Depository Limited and the Central Depository Services Limited .
Depository interacts with its clients / investors through its agents, called Depository Participants normally known as DPs. For any investor / client, to avail the services provided by the Depository, has to open Depository account, known as Demat A/c, with any of the DPs.
CDSL is the largest depository in India in terms of number of demat accounts opened. In February, CDSL became the first depository in India to open 60 million active demat accounts. [4] As of March 2022, the depository holds assets worth ₹ 37.2 trillion, [5] with over 580 depository participants associated with CDSL. [6]
A central securities depository (CSD) is a specialized financial market infrastructure organization holding securities like shares, either in certificated or uncertificated (dematerialized) form, allowing ownership to be easily transferred through a book entry rather than by a transfer of physical certificates.
NSDL has more than 2.80 Crore demat accounts as of 30 June 2022. The market share of NSDL in value of demat assets is more than 89%. NSDL demat accountholders are present in more than 99% of pin codes in India and 189 countries across the globe.
Direct Holding System e.g. The Direct Registration System (DRS) A direct holding system is an arrangement for registering ownership of securities (or similar interests) whereby every final investor in the security is registered with a single entity (for example, the issuer itself, a CSD, or a registry).
A money market mutual fund is a type of mutual fund that’s offered by brokerage accounts and investment platforms. This type of fund invests in low-risk, short-term debt securities like treasury ...
From 1996 onwards, the company focused on expanding its presence as well as products and services. Geojit started depository services in 1997, offering customers Demat facility. [19] In 1999, the company took membership in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and its shares were listed in the BSE in 2000 [20]. In February 2000, Geojit launched ...