MOSCOW - National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, and Closed Joint Stock Company "Depository Clearing Company" (DCC) have made a number of decisions on inter-depository relations issues aimed at improvement of services' quality.
Starting 6 July the companies amend the Regulations on Interactions in the course of conducting of operations in mutual inter-depository accounts. In compliance with the new agreement NSD's and DCC's customers will be able to submit orders for inter-depository transfers on daily basis until 6.15pm Moscow time; this means that the time of NSD-DCC Bridge functioning extends for more than two hours. The inter-depository orders are executed from 10am to 6.35pm. Furthermore, the reports on execution of NSD's and DCC's orders are to be formed every 30 minutes. It will allow the depositories' customers to receive confirmation on execution of an order not later than in 40 minutes after its submission in case if the order has been executed successfully. Previously the reports were being formed three times per day.
Eddie Astanin, Chairman of the Executive Board, NSD, commenting on the development, said: “The announced improvement in NSD-DCC Bridge's operations is a direct consequence of a deal related to the exchanges' merger. Accelerated operations conducted via the Bridge and expanded securities list will lead to reduced costs of the customers. This reflects one of synergy effects attributable to exchanges integration.”
A number of issuers with shares admitted to circulation through NSD-DCC Bridge will increase from 80 to 100. The list of companies with shares circulated using NSD-DCC inter-depository interaction scheme is available at NSD’s web site.
It is worth reminding that interaction between the two settlement depositories NSD and DCC began on May 26, 1999, when the first operations using the Bridge were carried out. The NSD-DCC Bridge allows the execution of direct settlements without any re-registration with the registrars.
About NSD
National Settlement Depository (NSD) is the largest settlement depository in Russia, a part of the MICEX Group, servicing on-exchange and OTC transactions with all types of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers and providing settlement services to participants in financial markets of the Russian Federation.
NSD provides storage of global certificates and depository accounting for 99% of corporate bond issues, sub-federal and municipal bond issues. It services 100% of transactions conducted in the federal bond and the Bank of Russia bond markets, more than 99% of transactions conducted in the corporate and regional bond markets, the majority of transactions with equities and also services UIT units and securities of foreign issuers.
In accordance with agreements concluded between NSD and the Bank of Russia, NSD acts as a settlement center for the organized securities market.
NSD is Russia's national numbering agency and the substitute numbering agency for the CIS, authorized to assign the international ISIN and CFI codes.
For further information about NSD: www.nsd.ru , or NSD Public Affairs Division: +7 495 232 0910,