Any supervised financial institution such as banks, insurance companies, pension operators and investment fund managers can access the primary market to acquire debt securities issued by the Treasury or the Central Bank without going through a broker, who are so far the only entities authorized to carry out transactions on behalf of others in that market.

From a notice of a significant event issued by the National Stock Exchange:

By means of official notice TN-743-2014 / GER-082-2014 of May 15, both the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance formally announced that permission has been given to certain entities to take part in stock exchange transactions in the auction sessions carried out through LICI transactions on the SIOPEL platform.

Source: CentralAmericaData.COM

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