CREST
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CREST is the UK’s central securities depository and electronic settlement system used to hold and settle trades in shares and other securities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CREST canonical | 9 |
| CREST settlement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T333056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CREST Context triple: [London Stock Exchange, settlementSystem, CREST]
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A.
Crescent
Crescent is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs between New York City and New Orleans, serving major cities along the U.S. East Coast and Deep South.
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B.
Meraki
Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company known for its wireless, switching, security, and device management solutions, acquired by and operating as a subsidiary of Cisco.
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C.
Cree
The Cree are one of the largest Indigenous peoples of North America, with communities primarily in Canada and a rich cultural heritage including distinct Algonquian languages and traditions.
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D.
chrysanthemum crest
The chrysanthemum crest is the imperial emblem of Japan, traditionally associated with the authority and lineage of the Japanese emperor.
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E.
CST
CST is the time zone used throughout mainland China, eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CREST Target entity description: CREST is the UK’s central securities depository and electronic settlement system used to hold and settle trades in shares and other securities.
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A.
Crescent
Crescent is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs between New York City and New Orleans, serving major cities along the U.S. East Coast and Deep South.
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B.
Meraki
Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company known for its wireless, switching, security, and device management solutions, acquired by and operating as a subsidiary of Cisco.
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C.
Cree
The Cree are one of the largest Indigenous peoples of North America, with communities primarily in Canada and a rich cultural heritage including distinct Algonquian languages and traditions.
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D.
chrysanthemum crest
The chrysanthemum crest is the imperial emblem of Japan, traditionally associated with the authority and lineage of the Japanese emperor.
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E.
CST
CST is the time zone used throughout mainland China, eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central securities depository
ⓘ
electronic settlement system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Euroclear UK & International CSD
ⓘ
linked to:
Euroclear
|
| connectedTo |
Bank of England RTGS system
ⓘ
linked to:
Real Time Gross Settlement system
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currencyOfSettlement |
US dollar
ⓘ
euro ⓘ pound sterling ⓘ
linked to:
Pound sterling
|
| feature |
dematerialised holdings
ⓘ
electronic register of securities ownership ⓘ straight‑through processing ⓘ |
| function |
book‑entry transfer of securities
ⓘ
central securities depository services ⓘ electronic trade settlement ⓘ safekeeping of securities ⓘ |
| handlesInstrumentType |
bonds
ⓘ
gilts ⓘ money market instruments ⓘ other dematerialised securities ⓘ shares ⓘ |
| importance | systemically important payment and settlement system in the UK ⓘ |
| industry | securities settlement ⓘ |
| legalForm | designated system under UK settlement finality regulations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| operatesInJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| operator |
Euroclear UK & International
ⓘ
linked to:
Euroclear
|
| owner | Euroclear ⓘ |
| previousOperator | CRESTCo Limited ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| regulator |
Bank of England
ⓘ
Financial Conduct Authority ⓘ |
| replacedSystem | paper‑based share certificate settlement in the UK ⓘ |
| riskManagementRole | reduction of counterparty risk in securities settlement ⓘ |
| sector | financial market infrastructure ⓘ |
| settlementMode | real‑time gross settlement ⓘ |
| settlementModel | delivery versus payment ⓘ |
| startDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| supportsMarket |
AIM
ⓘ
Irish Stock Exchange ⓘ London Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
cash movements related to securities settlement
ⓘ
collateral management ⓘ corporate actions processing ⓘ proxy voting ⓘ settlement of equity trades ⓘ settlement of fixed‑income trades ⓘ stock lending and borrowing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CREST Description of subject: CREST is the UK’s central securities depository and electronic settlement system used to hold and settle trades in shares and other securities.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CREST