Central Depository (CDP)
Singapore’s securities depository and a core component of the post-trade infrastructure around SGX-listed securities.
Where it sits in the system
This is part of the operational layer that turns a financial instruction into final cash or securities movement. Trading, clearing, depository functions and settlement are separate stages, even when they appear seamless to an end user.
Central Depository (CDP) is useful as a reference point because it identifies a specific mechanism or institutional layer rather than repeating the broader Singapore topics already covered in BondStats Learn.
Why it matters
Financial systems are often described through visible institutions and market prices, while the contractual and operational links underneath them receive less attention. This profile isolates one of those links so that readers can trace responsibilities, claims, funding paths or settlement obligations through the Singapore system.
For market analysis, the practical question is not simply what the term means, but what balance sheet, payment rail, legal safeguard or funding channel it connects to. That is the organising principle of this database.