Collateral segregation
The July 2021 norms requiring client-wise reporting of collateral bifurcated into cash and other categories, to prevent one client's securities being used for another client's exposure, margin or settlement.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Code of conductThe conduct obligations a broker accepts as a condition of registration — integrity, due skill and care, no manipulation, and a specific list of duties owed to the client and to other brokers.
- Enhanced Due DiligenceThe additional customer due diligence a Regulated Entity must perform where ML/TF risk is high — including source of wealth, Senior Management approval and enhanced ongoing monitoring.
- KYC Registration AgencyA SEBI-created agency that holds an investor's verified KYC record centrally, so that one KYC completed with any securities market intermediary works with all the others.
- Officially valid documentsThe alternatives to Aadhaar accepted as identity evidence for KYC — driving licence, passport, voter ID and the NREGA job card — all of which the client supplies voluntarily.
- SCORESSEBI's centralised web-based system for processing investor complaints, on which the company or intermediary must upload an Action Taken Report and the investor can watch the status online.
- Tipping offTelling a client that a suspicious transaction report about them has been or will be filed — illegal, and the reason the broker reports to the Financial Intelligence Unit in silence.
Where this is taught
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