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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has completed the first phase of its Demat 2.0 pilot for corporate bonds, with plans to introduce secondary-market trading next, utilizing distributed ledger technology.

IN · 2026-09-10

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Key takeaway

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  1. Step 1 · The triggerWithheld
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onLower settlement friction and increased transparency attract more participants to the corporate bond market, deepening liquidity and potentially lowering borrowing costs for issuers, including SMEs.
  3. Step 3 · Reaches youIndian SMEs that issue or plan to issue corporate bonds gain better access to non-bank funding, with more reliable settlement and possibly more competitive pricing, directly impacting their financing costs.

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: IN:Economic Times

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