Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
 

About DTCC

An Overview

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For more than 30 years, DTCC's family of companies has helped automate, centralize, standardize and streamline processes that are critical to the safety and soundness of the capital markets. As a result, we've helped our customers increase their operational efficiency, reduce risk and lower cost.

DTCC, through its subsidiaries, provides clearing, settlement and information services for equities, corporate and municipal bonds, government and mortgage-backed securities, money market instruments and over-the-counter derivatives. In addition, DTCC is a leading processor of mutual funds and insurance transactions, linking funds and carriers with their distribution networks.

DTCC's depository provides custody and asset servicing for 2.8 million securities issues from the United States and 107 other countries and territories, valued at $36 trillion. In 2006, DTCC settled more than $1.5 quadrillion in securities transactions.

DTCC operates through six subsidiaries - each of which serves a specific segment and risk profile within the securities industry:

DTCC's joint venture company, Omgeo, has 6,000 customers in 42 countries and plays a critical role in institutional post-trade processing, acting as a central information management and processing hub for brokers, investment managers and custodian banks.

The U.S. Model for Clearing and Settlement

DTCC ensures the capacity, certainty and reliability required to clear and settle today's enormous trading volumes.

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A Broker to Broker Trade

For broker-to-broker trades, NSCC performs three critical functions, helping the industry reduce risk, lower cost and optimize capital.

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An Institutional Trade

DTC is responsible for completing the money and securities settlement of institutional trades.

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