Bank of Greece Securities Settlement System

The Bank of Greece Securities Settlement System or BOGS, also known as the System for Monitoring Transactions in Book-Entry Securities, ^[1] is one of two central securities depositories (CSDs) in Greece, together with ATHEXCSD. The main CSD for Greek government securities, it is owned and operated by the Bank of Greece.

Overview

BOGS is one of three remaining central-bank-operated CSDs in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism that are mainly aimed at deposits of government securities, together with the National Bank of Belgium Securities Settlement System (NBB-SSS) and the Bulgarian National Bank Government Securities Settlement System (BNBGSSS). Other euro-area countries had similar systems in the past but have phased them out, e.g. France in 1995, ^{[2] : 283} Finland in 1996, ^[3] Italy in 2000, ^[4] and Spain in 2003. ^[5]

As it is operated by a National Central Bank of the Eurosystem, the BOGS is exempt from authorization requirements that apply to other CSDs. ^[6]

BOGS connected to the Eurosystem's TARGET2-Securities (T2S) platform as part of the first wave in June 2015. ^[7]

See also

• Financial market infrastructure

References

1. "Oversight of central securities depositories and central counterparties". Bank of Greece. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
2. Peter Norman (2007). Plumbers and Visionaries: Securities Settlement and Europe's Financial Market. London: John Wiley & Sons.
3. "Suomalainen arvo-osuusjärjestelmä – digitalisaatiota jo vuodesta 1992". Euroclear Finland. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
4. "Monte Titoli, Competitiveness Guaranteed: Interview with Pierluigi Dimonopoli, Head of Issuer Services" (PDF). Euronext. April 2021.
5. "BME Group Companies". BME.
6. "The Securities Settlement System (NBB-SSS)". National Bank of Belgium. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
7. "TARGET2-Securities successfully launched today", European Central Bank, retrieved 22 June 2015