Glossary

Updated 17 October 2016

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) provides this glossary of payments and market infrastructure terminology as a reference to the standard terms and definitions used in connection with payment, clearing, settlement and related arrangements. Current definitions are now shown alongside the previous ones. You can generate a PDF version of the glossary here.

indirect holding system

A multi-tiered arrangement for the custody and transfer of ownership of securities (or the transfer of similar interests therein) in which holders are identified only at the level of their custodian or intermediary.

Updated: 16 Jun 2015

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indirect holding system

A multi-tiered arrangement for the custody and transfer of ownership of securities (or the transfer of similar interests therein) in which holders are identified only at the level of their custodian or intermediary.

Updated: 16 Jun 2015

Source documents

 Additional terms that are not included in the main glossary can be found in the previous version of the glossary.