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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 .
It has established a state-of-the-art infrastructure that handles most of the securities held and settled in de-materialized form in the Indian securities markets. [6] Securities are held in depository accounts, which are similar to holding funds in bank accounts. Transfer of ownership of securities is done through simple account transfers.
Rematerialisation, known as remat, is reverse of demat, i.e. getting physical certificates from the electronic securities; Transfer of securities, change of beneficial ownership; Settlement of trades done on exchange connected to the Depository; Pledging and Unpledging of Securities for loan against shares
Zerodha Broking Ltd is an Indian brokerage and financial services company, based in Bengaluru. It offers an electronic trading platform that facilitates institutional and retail trading of stocks , derivatives , currencies , commodities , mutual funds and bonds .
A stock transfer agent, transfer agent, share registry or transfer agency is an entity, usually a third-party firm unrelated to security transactions, that manages the change in ownership of company stock or investment fund shares, maintains a register of ownership and acts as paying agent for the payment of dividends and other distributions to investors.
He is the co-founder of Zerodha, a retail stockbroker, and True Beacon, an asset management company. [3] [4] [5] Kamath is a part of the 2024 Forbes World Billionaires List with a net worth of $3.1 billion. [6] [7] He, along with his brother Nithin, is also part of Forbes' list of India’s 100 Richest for 2024. [8]
The name CREST stands for Certificateless Registry for Electronic Share Transfer. [2] CREST allows shareholders and bondholders to hold assets in a dematerialised, i.e. electronic form, rather than holding physical share certificates. CREST also serves a number of other important functions, such as assisting in the payments of dividends to ...
Share transmission is a mechanism by which the title to shares is devolved other than by transfer. This is typically applicable for: devolution by death; succession; inheritance; bankruptcy; marriage; When a previous owner of shares dies and his shares are inherited by his personal representatives or heirs, this is called transmission of shares.