The financial crisis and recession in Europe have made it necessary to improve the system of regulation of the stock market, including the settlement of securities transactions. The paper constitutes the existing features of securities settlement in the stock markets of the EU and presents the measures and proposals to improve the settlement of securities transactions.
Keywords: stock market, financial infrastructure, central securities depositories, securities.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2667.2014/154-1/8
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