SEBI UPDATE
Acceptance of Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) by Clearing Corporations
To align the risk management practices of the securities market with the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMIs), SEBI advised Clearing Corporation to implement the following:
a) Clearing corporation shall not accept Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) from trading/clearing members as collateral, which are issued by the trading/ clearing member themselves or banks who are associate of trading/ clearing member.
b) Trading/Clearing Members who have deposited their own FDRs or FDRs of associate banks shall replace such collateral, with other eligible collateral as per extant norms, within a period of six months from the date of issuance of the circular.