Securities maintaining entity (SME) - Financial definition

Concise definition of the term securities maintaining entity

A securities maintaining entity is a [ACR0010009S]CSD[ACR0010009E] maintaining reference data for a security in [ACR0014071S]T2S[ACR0014071E]. Generally, the issuer CSD acts as an SME, except when the issuer is outside T2S or the issuer CSD has nominated another CSD to fulfill the role of SME.

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