Anthony Ezugbor

Central Securities Clearing System [CSCS] Plc, is Nigeria’s Central Securities Depository (CSD) licensed to carry on the depository, clearing and settlement of all transactions in the Nigerian Capital Market. As the country’s premier Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI), CSCS processes securities in electronic book-entry form, ensuring safe and efficient transaction processing within the ecosystem whilst also pioneering innovative solutions to deepen and enhance the efficient functioning of the market. CSCS provides an effective single access point for all post-trade services in the Nigerian financial market, covering all forms of capital and money market securities including: equities, treasury bills, bonds, commodities, funds and cash. With an “A+” CSD rating from Thomas Murray, CSCS ranks amongst the best rated financial services firms in Nigeria and one of the best rated FMIs in Africa. For more than two decades, CSCS has continuously partnered with other stakeholders in redefining the structure and operations of the Nigerian Capital Market, leveraging new technologies in extracting efficiencies across the transaction life cycle while providing assurance in post-trade execution. With the support of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), other financial market regulators and collaboration with market participants, CSCS actualized the full dematerialization of share certificates in the Nigerian equity market, thus facilitating the full transition of the Nigerian equity market to the automated trading system. CSCS serves as the post trade agent for transactions on Securities Exchanges in the Nigerian Capital Market.