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NSM General NISM
Medium

If the seller fails to serve the Notice of Intent to Deliver by stipulated time for full or part of Open Position, the failed quantity will be ______.

Practice question from NISM Series IV - Mock Test 3 — bank. The correct answer is highlighted below with a full explanation.

Options

  1. A

    settled in cash

  2. taken into Auction Settlement

    Correct answer

  3. C

    either 1 or 2 as decided by the Buyer

  4. D

    either 1 or 2 as decided by the Seller

Why this is the answer

If the seller does not serve the Notice of Intent to Deliver on time for the full or part of the open position, the failed quantity is subjected to Auction Settlement. This mechanism ensures that the delivery obligations are enforced by auctioning the undelivered securities, protecting the buyer from non-performance risk.

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