Investors may soon get shares directly, bypassing brokers

At present, the credits the pay-out of securities in the pool account of , which then credits them to the respective client demat accounts.

The regulator in a discussion paper on Thursday said the should directly credit securities for pay-out to the respective client’s demat account.

In 2001, direct payout to client accounts was already facilitated on a voluntary basis.

The discussion paper proposed that clearing corporations should provide a mechanism for brokers to identify the unpaid securities and funded under the .

Funded stocks held by the under the facility should be held only by way of pledge. For this purpose, the broker would be required to open a separate demat account in which only funded stocks in respect of margin funding should be kept and no other transactions would be permitted. Such funded stocks would be transferred to each client’s demat account followed by creation of an , Sebi said.