The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched the Demat 2.0 pilot, allowing corporate bonds to be issued as digital tokens on a distributed ledger, marking a significant innovation in India's corporate bond market.
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- Step 1 · The triggerWithheld
- Step 2 · Knock-onTokenisation reduces issuance and servicing friction, lowering costs and simplifying ownership transfer for issuers and investors.
- Step 3 · Knock-onLower costs and easier access broaden the investor base, deepening the corporate bond market and potentially compressing yields.
- Step 4 · Reaches youAs the pilot scales, Indian SMEs may gain access to cheaper, more flexible bond funding, reducing reliance on costly bank loans.
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Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
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