What is a Constituent SGL Account?
A Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger Account (CSGL) is a service provided by Reserve Bank of India through Primary Dealers and Banks to those entities who are not allowed to hold direct SGL Accounts with it. This account provides for holding of Central/State Government Securities and Treasury bills in book entry/dematerialized form. Individuals are also allowed to hold a Constituent SGL Account. What is Bootstrapping ?[ Top ] Bootstrapping is an iterative process of generating a Zero Coupon Yield Curve from the observed prices/yields of coupon bearing securities. The process starts from observing the yield for the shortest-term money market discount instrument (i.e. one that carries no coupon). This yield is used to discount the coupon payment falling on the same maturity for a coupon-bearing bond of the next higher maturity. The resulting equation is solved to give the zero yield (also called spot yield) for the higher maturity period. This process is continued for all securities a
