The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has announced the successful launch of Demat 2.0, a pilot project for tokenised corporate bonds that seeks to test a new way of issuing, holding, trading and settling bonds in India. The announcement was made jointly by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra and Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai.
For investors in corporate bonds, the launch of Sebi’s Demat 2.0 pilot could change how bond transactions are settled and how payments are received. The tokenised bond system is designed to enable faster settlement, quicker access to funds from secondary-market transactions and automated processing of interest and redemption payments.
