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The Central Depository & Settlement Corporation Limited (CDSC)
The Central Depository & Settlement Corporation Limited (CDSC) is Kenya’s premier Securities depository, authorized by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to provide automated clearing, settlement, and delivery services for transactions at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
We are a private company operating a bespoke post-trade market infrastructure that delivers secure, efficient, and technology-driven solutions that safeguard investor assets, enhance market transparency, and support the orderly functioning and continued development of Kenya’s capital markets.
CDSC started operations in November 10, 2004
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Discover how we support investors, issuers, and market intermediaries with reliability and transparency through our suite of solutions including account opening, securities depository, clearing, and settlement and issuer services.
CDS Account Opening & Maintenance
Custody and Record Keeping
Clearing and Settlement
Corporate Actions Processing
Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB)
Securities Transfers
Shares Pledging
Share Immobilization
Guarantee Fund Management
We invite you to take a journey through this site and get to know more about CDSC, and see the progressive approach we are taking in order to fulfill our mandate within the Capital Markets in Kenya.
CDSC is Kenya’s premier securities depository. We are authorized by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to provide secure automated clearing, settlement, and custody services for securities trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Through our fully electronic platform, securities are transferred, recorded, and held safely without the need for physical share certificates ensuring faster, efficient, and more secure transactions for investors and the entire capital markets.
As Kenya’s central securities depository, CDSC plays a foundational role in the country’s capital markets infrastructure. We operate the electronic system that records ownership of securities, facilitates clearing and settlement of trades executed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, safeguards investor assets, and supports key market functions such as corporate actions, securities lending and borrowing, share pledging, and transfers. Through robust governance, technology-driven processes, and regulatory oversight, we promote market integrity, reduce risk, enhance transparency, and sustain investor confidence enabling the orderly and efficient functioning of Kenya’s capital markets.
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CDS stands for the Central Depository System. This is a computer system operated by The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC) that facilitates holdings of shares in electronic accounts, opened by shareholders and manages the process of transferring shares traded at the Stock Exchange.
You need two recently taken passport size photographs, original National ID or passport. In the case of a company you need the original certificate of incorporation, and if you are an organization registered in any other way you need the certificate of registration. Directors of a company will also need to provide their ID Cards and passport size photographs. You need to sign the form (CDS 1) before your Central Depository Agent (CDA)
By completing and signing a securities account opening/maintenance form with your CDA. The form is called CDS 1.
Yes, if you intend to trade in shares that are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Soon, bonds will also be deposited into the CDS.
CDSC has taken measures to ensure the security of your shares. The company has offsite back up facilities and procedures that would ensure business continuity in the event of anything happening either to the computer system or its usual premises.
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