Central Securities Depository (CSD)

Definition:

A specialist financial organization holding securities such as shares either in certificated or uncertificated (dematerialized) form so that ownership can be easily transferred through a book entry rather than the transfer of physical certificates. DTC, CREST, Clearstream and Euroclear are CSDs.

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