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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2006<br />
CDC CENTRAL DEPOSITORY COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED<br />
AFFILIATE MEMBER<br />
M. Hanif Jakhura<br />
CEO<br />
Since commencement of its operations in<br />
1997, The Central Depository Company of<br />
Pakistan Limited (CDC) has achieved an<br />
indispensable position in the capital market<br />
of Pakistan by providing concrete benefits to<br />
its clients in terms of efficiency, security,<br />
reliability and cost effectiveness. The<br />
government of Pakistan’s aggressive<br />
privatization policy deployed through<br />
The Central Depository Company of<br />
Pakistan Limited (CDC) has achieved an<br />
indispensable position in the capital market<br />
of Pakistan by providing concrete benefits<br />
to its clients in terms of efficiency, security,<br />
reliability and cost effectiveness.<br />
exchanges, capital reforms undertaken by<br />
the Securities and Exchange Commission of<br />
Pakistan and the continued reliable services<br />
of the CDC have resulted in the market<br />
boom with a record increase in the Karachi<br />
Stock Exchange (KSE) index by almost<br />
56.50% since June 2004 and the market<br />
capitalization has surged to US$ 38.62 billion<br />
as of February 28, 2005.<br />
Role of the Depository<br />
CDC is the country’s sole depository for<br />
equities, corporate debt and bonds. It<br />
provides settlement and depository services<br />
to all three stock exchanges of the country<br />
(Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad), financial<br />
institutions and qualified private investors. The<br />
CDC was incorporated on January 21, 1993<br />
as a public limited company and began live<br />
operations on September 3, 1997. The<br />
Company was established under the Central<br />
Depositories Act in 1997 with the scope to<br />
manage and operate the Central Depository<br />
System (CDS), an electronic book-entry<br />
system. The Company is sponsored by all the<br />
three stock exchanges of Pakistan as well as<br />
national and multinational institutions. The<br />
CDC is regulated by the Securities and<br />
Exchange Commission of Pakistan. It is<br />
market practice to use CDS for custody and<br />
compulsory to use it for settlement of<br />
securities live on CDS.<br />
The Company also manages the operations<br />
of the National Clearing and Settlement<br />
System (NCSS) on behalf of the National<br />
Clearing Company Pakistan Limited (NCCPL).<br />
The CDC started providing Investor Account<br />
Services (IAS) to retail investors, both<br />
individual and corporate in 1999. The CDC<br />
has also started Trustee and Custodial<br />
Services for closed-end and open-end mutual<br />
funds in the year 2002.<br />
Participation Criteria<br />
Participants/Account Holders<br />
Members of stock exchanges, banks, DFIs,<br />
corporate bodies and qualified private<br />
investors are eligible to become<br />
participant/account holder of CDC.<br />
Eligible Pledgee<br />
Financing institutions may join CDC as eligible<br />
pledge.<br />
Issuers<br />
All issuers of listed securities must join CDC in<br />
the capacity of an Issuer.<br />
Size of Guarantee Fund<br />
CDC does not operate a guarantee fund.<br />
Does the CSD act as a central<br />
counter party<br />
No<br />
Memberships in other International<br />
Organizations<br />
Association of National Numbering Agency<br />
(ANNA), International Securities Services<br />
Association (ISSA), Asia-Pacific Central<br />
Securities Depositories Group (ACG)<br />
Legal Status<br />
Public Limited Company (Unlisted)<br />
Type of Commercial Entity<br />
For-profit company<br />
Regulated by<br />
Securities and Exchange Commission of<br />
Pakistan<br />
CONTACT INFORMATION<br />
Contact Name Mr. Aftab Ahmed Diwan E-mail diwan@cyber.net.pk Website www.cdcpakistan.com<br />
* Please refer to page 86 for the Pakistan country report.<br />
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