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The weekly statement of funds and securities from the exchange

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Key facts

Who sends it	The exchange directly: NSE, BSE and MCX, not your broker
What it reports	Your funds balance and securities balance as reported by your trading member, as of the date in the message
Why it exists	A SEBI investor-protection measure to prevent misappropriation of client funds and securities
Balance date	The figures relate to the date stated inside the message, not the date you received it
ISIN count of zero	A zero ISIN count refers to the broker's pool account, not your individual demat holdings
Action required	Reconcile against your broker statement and raise any discrepancy immediately with broker and exchange

The weekly statement of funds and securities is an email and SMS sent directly to you by the stock exchange, NSE, BSE or MCX, reporting the funds balance and securities balance that your broker has declared on your behalf as of a stated date. It is a SEBI investor-protection measure designed to prevent misappropriation of client funds and securities, and it reaches you from the exchange rather than the broker precisely so that you can verify the broker’s numbers against an independent source.

The message looks redundant next to the statements your broker already sends, and that is the point of confusion. Your broker, Zerodha or another, sends its own weekly ledger and register of securities. So why does the exchange send a parallel one? Because a safeguard built on the broker’s own reporting is only as honest as the broker. The exchange statement exists to be the outside check: the one figure a defaulting broker cannot quietly rewrite. Read together, the two should reconcile, and a gap between them is the event the system is built to surface.

This article explains who sends the statement, the SEBI rationale of independent verification, how to read each field including the as-of date and the often-misread zero ISIN count, how to reconcile it against your broker statement, and how it differs from the broker’s own weekly statement and from the clearing corporation’s fund-allocation message. For the broker side, see Zerodha weekly statement email .

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Who sends it and what it contains

The sender is the exchange itself. An investor active on the National Stock Exchange receives an NSE communication; one trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange receives a BSE one; a commodity trader receives an MCX message. The format differs slightly by exchange, but the content is the same in substance: your funds balance and your securities balance, as reported by your trading member to the exchange, as of a particular date.

The “as reported by your trading member” wording matters. The exchange is not independently recomputing your wealth; it is publishing back to you the figures the broker has declared, so that you can confirm the broker declared them truthfully. The funds figure reflects the cash balance the broker reports holding for you. The securities figure reflects the holdings the broker reports against your account. Because both originate in the broker’s reporting and are then surfaced to you by an independent party, any divergence between what the exchange shows and what you believe you hold, or what the broker’s own statement shows, is immediately visible to you.

The SEBI rationale: independent verification

SEBI requires these weekly communications to prevent misappropriation of client funds and securities. The design principle is independence. The broker already owes you a weekly statement of your ledger and register of securities, but that channel runs entirely through the broker. If a broker were misusing client funds, its own statement would be the last place the misuse showed up.

By routing a balance report from the exchange straight to the investor, SEBI inserts a party with no incentive to conceal a shortfall. The investor receives two pictures of the same account each week, one from the broker and one from the exchange, and is expected to compare them. The safeguard is part of the same SEBI investor-protection architecture that underlies the standing “investor attention” notices urging clients to update mobile numbers and email IDs with their brokers, to receive transaction information directly from the exchange at end of day, and not to ignore any communication from the exchange about their own trades. The weekly statement operationalises that architecture: it is the regular, scheduled instance of the exchange talking to you over the broker’s head.

How to read the statement

Three fields cause most of the questions.

The as-of date. The balances relate to the date stated inside the message, not the date the email or SMS lands in your inbox. Exchange communications routinely arrive a day or two after the reporting cut-off, so a figure that looks wrong against today’s balance is usually correct against the date the message actually covers. Always locate the as-of date before reconciling.

The funds balance. This is the cash the broker has reported holding for you as of that date. It will not always equal your live trading balance, because unsettled obligations, a recent withdrawal, or money upstreamed to the clearing corporation can sit between the reported figure and what you see in the app today. Reconcile it against your broker funds statement for the same date, not against a live number.

The securities or ISIN count. A securities count, or ISIN count, of zero is the most misread field. The zero refers to the number of ISINs in the broker’s pool account, not your individual demat holdings. Your shares are not in the broker’s pool; they are in your own demat account at CDSL or NSDL, where SEBI’s direct-payout and client-level rules now keep them. So a zero in the exchange message does not mean your holdings have vanished. To confirm your actual holdings, check your CDSL or NSDL consolidated account statement or your broker holdings report.

How to reconcile and what to do on a mismatch

The statement is a tool, and the tool only works if you use it. Each week, place the exchange figures next to your broker’s own weekly statement and ledger for the same as-of date.

If they reconcile, you are done; no action is required. If they do not, and the gap is not explained by a known pending obligation or timing difference, treat it as the discrepancy the safeguard exists to catch. SEBI’s guidance is explicit: check the messages from the exchange on a weekly basis regarding funds and securities balances reported by your trading member, compare them with the weekly statement of account sent by your broker, and immediately raise any discrepancy. Raise it with the broker first through a support ticket , and escalate to the exchange if the broker cannot account for it; the investor grievance escalation matrix sets out the path.

To keep receiving the statements, the email ID and mobile number registered with your broker must be current and present in the exchange records. SEBI advises that you update your contact details with your broker, ensure the broker has updated them in the exchange records, and take up the matter with the broker or exchange immediately if you stop receiving exchange or depository communications. A safeguard you do not receive protects nobody, so missing messages are themselves a problem to escalate.

How it differs from the broker statement and the allocation email

Three weekly communications overlap in subject but differ in source and purpose, and conflating them causes needless worry.

The broker’s weekly statement, your Zerodha weekly statement , is the detailed account statement: the ledger of fund transactions and the register of securities, including pending obligations such as Friday’s purchases not yet settled. It is the granular record, sent by the broker.

The exchange’s weekly statement of funds and securities, the subject of this article, is the independent balance report from the exchange, meant for you to reconcile against the broker statement.

The clearing corporation’s fund-allocation email is a different safeguard again: from the clearing corporation, reporting how your funds are allocated segment-wise under SEBI’s upstreaming and client-level segregation framework. The broker statement is your detailed record; the latter two are independent cross-checks from outside the broker, one on balances and one on segment allocation. All three are SEBI safeguards; only the first comes from your broker.

What can go wrong

Reconciling against your live balance instead of the as-of date: the figures relate to the date inside the message. Compare them with your broker statement for that same date, not today’s number.
Panicking at a zero securities or ISIN count: the zero refers to the broker’s pool account, not your demat. Confirm your holdings in your CDSL or NSDL statement before assuming anything is missing.
Never comparing it with the broker statement: the safeguard only works if you reconcile. An unexplained gap is the signal to raise a grievance, not to wait.
Ignoring it as a duplicate of the broker statement: it is deliberately a second, independent picture. Treating it as redundant defeats the protection SEBI built.
Stale or wrong contact details: the exchange uses the email and mobile in its records, fed by your broker. If they are outdated you stop receiving the safeguard; update them and confirm they reached the exchange.
Confusing it with the clearing corporation allocation email: different sender, different purpose. This one is about balances from the exchange; the other is about segment allocation from the clearing corporation.

External references

References

SEBI Master Circular for Stock Brokers, dated 17 May 2023, provisions on weekly statements of funds and securities and on settlement of running accounts of clients.
SEBI investor-protection guidance on prevention of misappropriation of client funds and securities (exchange end-of-day and weekly client communications).
Zerodha support, Why do I get an email regarding funds and securities from the exchanges? (as of 21 June 2026).
Zerodha support, Why does Zerodha email a weekly statement of accounts? (ledger and register of securities, per the exchange circular) (as of 21 June 2026).

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Frequently asked questions

Why do exchanges send me a weekly email and SMS about funds and securities?

It is a SEBI investor-protection measure to prevent misappropriation of client funds and securities. The exchange reports, directly to you, the funds and securities your broker has declared on your behalf, so you can verify the broker’s figures independently every week.

Why does it come from the exchange and not my broker?

Because the safeguard works only if it is independent of the broker. A broker-sent statement could be falsified by a defaulting broker; an exchange-sent statement gives you an outside source to compare against, so any mismatch surfaces without relying on the broker’s word.

The email shows zero securities or zero ISINs. Is something wrong?

Not necessarily. A zero ISIN count in the exchange message refers to the number of ISINs in the broker’s pool account, not your individual demat holdings. Your own shares sit in your demat account; check your CDSL or NSDL holding statement to confirm them.

What date do the balances in the message relate to?

The balance relates to the date stated inside the message itself, not the date you received the email or SMS. Exchange communications can arrive a day or two after the reporting date, so always read the as-of date in the message before reconciling.

What should I do when I get the weekly statement?

Compare the funds and securities figures against your broker’s own weekly statement and ledger. If they match, no action is needed. If they do not, raise the discrepancy immediately with your broker and the exchange, because that is exactly what the safeguard is meant to catch.

How do I make sure I keep receiving these messages?

Keep the email ID and mobile number registered with your broker current and ensure the broker has updated them in the exchange records. If you stop receiving exchange or depository messages, take it up with your broker or the exchange immediately.

Is this the same as the clearing corporation fund-allocation email?

No. The weekly statement is from the exchange and reports your funds and securities balances for reconciliation. The fund-allocation email is from the clearing corporation and reports how your funds are split segment-wise. Both are SEBI safeguards serving different checks.

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Last reviewed: 20 June 2026
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