Media Release

Devika Shah takes over ICCL as MD & CEO

Mumbai: 01 January 2018: Ms. Devika Shah has assumed office as the MD & CEO of ICCL with effect from January 1, 2018. Devika comes with over 30 years of rich experience with BSE and has deep understanding of the exchange and clearing corporation related operations and regulations. During her tenure spanning over three decade at BSE, she has headed various functions, in the areas of regulatory & business, including surveillance, investigation & inspection, trading operations, clearing & settlement, listing membership, Investor Protection Fund, business development, accounts, legal & regulatory communications.

She holds a Bachelors in Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai & is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

About ICCL

Indian Clearing Corporation Limited ("ICCL") was incorporated in 2007 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Ltd. ("BSE"). ICCL carries out the functions of clearing, settlement, collateral management and risk management for various segments of BSE. ICCL undertakes to act as the central counterparty to all the trades it provides clearing and settlement services for.

ICCL settles trades reported on the Indian Corporate Debt Segment and the Mutual Fund ("StAR MF) Segment of BSE and clears and settles trades executed on all the other segments of BSE, including Equity Cash, Equity Derivatives, BSE SME, Offer for Sale, Securities Lending & Borrowing, Debt Segment, Interest Rate Futures and the Currency Derivatives Segment.

ICCL has been accorded Qualified Central Counterparty ("QCCP") status by the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"). A QCCP member is subjected to lower capital requirements/charges under the Basel III Framework introduced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The capital requirements for Banks and Primary Dealers in India, for a QCCP like ICCL is subject to the Capital Adequacy Standards and Risk Management Guidelines for Standalone Primary Dealers as prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI"). ICCL, as a Qualified CCP, is additionally required to comply with the rules and regulations that are consistent with the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures ("PFMI") issued by the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems ("CPSS") and International Organisation of Securities Commissions ("IOSCO").These rules and regulations focus on limiting systemic risk and on enhancing transparency and stability in the financial market. A clearing member registered with a QCCP like ICCL will be a beneficiary of the enhanced risk management framework of ICCL and will also benefit in the form of lower capital costs. 

ICCL is the only clearing corporation in India to have been granted "AAA" rating by two rating agencies, India Ratings Ltd. (Indian arm of Fitch Ratings) and Care Ratings Ltd.

ICCL has established a robust Risk Management framework which utilises a Value at Risk model for margining of Equity Cash Segment and a risk based SPAN model for all its derivatives transactions, viz. equity derivatives, currency derivatives and interest rate derivatives. ICCL aims to provide secure, capital-efficient counterparty risk management and post-trade services.

20 banks have been empanelled as Clearing Banks for providing clearing and settlement services for trades executed on the BSE platform; the aggregate lines of credit being more than the average daily funds pay-out.

ICCL remains committed to the safety of investors and members and to further add to this security, ICCL has subscribed to a unique Insurance Policy for INR 375 Crore. The objective of the Policy is to protect ICCL against counterparty defaults, and add a further capital cushion to the ICCL networth making the resources of the non-defaulting members even safer.

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