Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

 

About DTCC

Our Business

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An Overview

For more than 35 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.

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 more than 3.6 million securities issues from the United States and 121 other countries and territories, valued at US$36.5 trillion. In 2010, DTCC settled nearly US$1.66 quadrillion in securities transactions.

DTCC operates through 10 subsidiaries - each of which serves a specific segment and risk profile within the securities industry:

DTCC's joint venture company with Thomson Reuters, Omgeo, has over 6,000 customers in 45 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.

DTCC's joint company with Markit, MarkitSERV, combines the DTCC Deriv/SERV and Markit Wire trade confirmation platforms to cover all major asset classes including credit, interest rate, equity and commodity derivatives.

New York Portfolio Clearing, LLC (NYPC) is registered as a U.S. Derivatives Clearing Organization with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A joint venture of NYSE Euronext and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, NYPC clears interest rate products and supports the cross-margining of fixed income cash products from DTCC's Fixed Income Clearing Corporation with their related, offsetting derivatives trades in a "single pot". For more information, please visit: www.nypclear.com.


Our Mission, Vision and Values


Mission

We protect our clients and financial markets and systems as a whole.  We leverage our scale and expertise to perfect a more robust, unified infrastructure and promote solutions that systematically reduce risks, amplify operating efficiency and minimize cost.

Vision

We are unwavering in our commitment to drive out risks and costs.  To achieve this, we partner with clients to bring stability to the global financial markets and create efficiencies for an ever-expanding industry.

Values

DTCC's core values are the foundation upon which our mission and purpose are built. These values are:

  • Integrity and Trust
  • Quality and Excellence
  • Customer Focus
  • Employee Focus and Respect
  • Innovation
  • Teamwork


 

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What Happens After the Trade?

New book describes Clearance and Settlement in a way that is accessible, readable and user-friendly – the 'plain English' explanation.

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An Introduction to DTCC Services and Capabilities
An Introduction to DTCC Services and Capabilities

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
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
An Institutional Trade

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

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