Gathering for their Annual General Meeting in Prague on 3 May, members of European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) elected a new Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Eddie Astanin, Chairman of the Executive Board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, was elected to the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the association.
The members of ECSDA’s Board of Directors share responsibility for the administration and management the association and attend the meetings at least twice a year. ECSDA directors are elected for three years. The members of Executive Committee of the association are responsible for current administrative issues.
ECSDA represents 41 national and international central securities depositories (CSDs) in 37 European countries. It provides a forum for European CSDs to exchange views and take forward projects of mutual interest. The association also promotes a constructive dialogue between the CSD community, European public authorities and all other stakeholders looking to achieve an optimal regulatory framework for clearing and settlement.
The full list of ECSDA Board members and Executive Committee members is available at ECSDA’s web site:
About NSD
National Settlement Depository (NSD) is the central securities depository of the Russian Federation, a part of the Moscow Exchange Group. NSD is Russia's national numbering agency and the substitute numbering agency for the CIS, authorized to assign the international ISIN and CFI codes.
The status of central securities depository was assigned to NSD by the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service’s order on 6 November 2012.
NSD holds professional securities market participant license #177-12042-000100 for depository operations issued by the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service on 19 February 2009, license #3294 for bank operations issued by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on 26 July 2012 and license #077-00004-000010 for the clearing activities issued by the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service on 20 December 2012.
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Supplementary office "Krasnye Vorota": 12, Spartakovskaya St., Moscow 105066, Russia.
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