Depository Practice Exam

Depository Certification Course

About Depository

A location or organization that keeps financial securities in a dematerialized form is referred to as a depository. A depository is any bank, group, or entity that holds securities and provides support for security trading. Similar to how bank accounts keep money, depository accounts also hold securities.

Depository has gained immense popularity across the globe resulting in huge demand for certified professionals.

Why is Depository important?

In addition to keeping your money secure, a depository could also give you interest. Time deposits, such as certificates of deposits, often offer the highest interest rates (CDs). Due to the bank's assurance that it will have access to your funds until they mature, time deposits pay a little bit higher interest.

Depository certified professionals, executives and managers are in high demand in companies across the globe.

Who should take the Depository Exam?

• Finance and capital market managers, senior executives, executives
• The staff of the Depository Participants
• Students
• Teachers
• Bank Employees
• Investors
• Candidates seeking to make a career in depository operations
• Anyone who is interested in gaining knowledge about the depository participants' operations.

Knowledge and Skills required for the Depository

Candidates gain quick success in career of depository if they have skills of critical thinking and good communication skills.

Depository Practice Exam Objectives

Depository exam focuses on assessing your skills and knowledge in depository and capital market.

Depository Practice Exam Pre-requisite

There are no prerequisites for the Depository exam. Candidates who are well versed  in depository and capital market can easily clear the exam.

Depository Certification Course Outline

1. Explain the Capital Market
2. Know the Regulators in the Indian Capital market
3. Introduction to Depository
4. Explain the need for a depository system
5. Explain the meaning of Depository
6. Explain the functions of a depository
7. Depository and its Business Partners
8. Account Opening
9. Account Operations
10. Transmission and Nomination
11. Dematerialization
12. Trading and Settlement
13. Foreign Portfolio Investor
14. Investor Services

Exam Format and Information

Certification name – Certificate in Depository
Exam duration – 60 minutes
Exam type - Multiple Choice Questions
Eligibility / pre-requisite - None
Exam language - English
Exam format - Online
Passing score - 25
Exam Fees  - INR 1199