Custodial Participant (CP) code
A code obtained through a custodian and entered at order entry, allowing an institution to trade with multiple brokers while settling deals with a single custodian.
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
- Delivery Instruction SlipThe signed form on which a beneficial owner instructs the DP to debit the demat account — no beneficiary account can be debited without one, whether the transfer is on-market or off-market.
- InteroperabilityA clearing member choosing one clearing corporation to clear and settle everything it trades, across all exchanges, instead of being tied to a separate clearing corporation per exchange.
- NovationThe clearing corporation stepping into the middle of every trade — becoming the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer — so that neither side carries the other's default risk.
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