India Bond Clearing House Said to Apply for European Recognition

ESMA and the Reserve Bank of India signed an agreement ending a dispute about oversight of Clearing Corp. of India.

Photographer: Bernard De Keyzer/ESMA

India’s sovereign debt clearinghouse sent an application to European authorities to be recognized as a permitted trading counterparty, according to people familiar with the developments, potentially paving the way for lenders like Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA to trade bonds more easily in the country.

The Clearing Corp. of India Ltd. sent an application earlier this month to the European Securities and Markets Authority for recognition under European market infrastructure guidelines, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private matters. A final decision is yet to be made, the people said.