Friday, 24 August 2018

About Demat account

What do you mean by demat account?
A demat account holds all the shares that you purchase in electronic or
dematerialized form. ... Like the bank account, a demat account holds the
certificates of your financial instruments like shares, bonds, government
securities, mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Why is demat account?
A Demat Account is an account that allows investors to hold their shares in an
electronic form. Stocks in Demat account remain in dematerialized form.
Dematerialization is the process of converting physical shares into electronic
format. ... A demat account can be opened with no balance of shares.
What is demat account and how to use it?
A demat or 'dematerialised' account holds shares in electronic form, thus saving
you the bother of holding shares in paper form. A depository is similar to a bank.
It holds shares, which belong to investors, in electronic form. The investor has to
open an account with the depository, through a Depository Participant.
How do demat account work?
Theoretical Explanation: In India, shares and securities are held electronically in
a dematerialized or Demat account, instead of the investor taking physical
possession of certificates. A Dematerialized account is opened by the investor
while registering with an investment broker (or sub-broker).
What is the benefit of opening demat account?
The benefits of demat are as follows:
Easy and convenient way to hold securities.
Immediate transfer of securities.
No stamp duty on transfer of securities.

Safer than paper-shares (earlier risks associated with physical certificates
such as bad delivery, fake securities, delays, thefts etc. are mostly eliminated)
Is it compulsory to open a trading account with demat account?
Demat accounts have been made mandatory for trading in stocks in India. ... A
demat account can be opened with any brokerage house such as Angel Broking
Pvt Ltd, Stock market investment and trading. To invest in the stock market and
buy equity,
What is my demat account number?
CDSL: -They follows their own Method of Creating Demat account with 16 digits
which means First 8 Digits of DP(Depository ID) represent the Demat account
Service Provider and other 8 digits is your Beneficiary ID(also called Client ID)
which identify your Individual Demat account number.
What are the advantages of having a demat account?
Benefits of a demat account. ... A demat or 'dematerialised' account holds shares
in electronic form, thus saving you the bother of holding shares in paper form.
DEPOSITORY FUNCTIONS. A depository is similar to a bank. It holds shares,
which belong to investors, in electronic form.
Is it necessary to have demat account for SIP?
Demat Account is mandatory for trading in the stock market. It is not required for
Mutual Fund investments of any kind including SIP. For Mutual Funds the
mandatory requirement is filling up a Know Your Customer or KYC.
What is the procedure to open a demat account?
Step 1: To open a demat account, you have to approach a depository participant
(DP), an agent of depository, and fill up an account opening form.
Step 2: Along with the account opening form, you must enclose photocopies of

some documents for proof of identity and proof of address.
Is it necessary to have demat account for mutual funds?
While stocks sold via exchanges need to be held compulsorily in the demat
format, for mutual funds (MFs), this is not so. You can buy MFs through a
distributor, directly through a fund house's website or through your broker on
stock exchanges. Earlier, to buy through an exchange, a demat account was
necessary.
What are the documents required to open a demat account?
1.KYC form (account opening form )
2.PAN card
3.AADHAR card
4.six months Bank statement or passbook xerox
5.two passport size photos
6.cancelled cheques

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