One of the first major steps we took soon after DTCC was formed in 1999 was to partner with Thomson Financial to create Omgeo LLC. No development illustrates our commitment to a global business strategy of forging partnerships more than Omgeo, which plays a critical role in the global securities industry as a central information management and processing hub for broker/dealers, investment managers and custodian banks.

Omgeo, the leading provider of post-trade, pre-settlement institutional trade management solutions, processes over one million trades per day and serving some 6,000 investment managers, broker/dealers and custodians in 42 countries.

The company partners closely with service providers, infrastructure suppliers, industry standards organizations and its clients to increase operational efficiency and reduce risk for the world's investment management community through straight-through processing (STP) solutions.

For more information about Omgeo's STP solutions, see www.omgeo.com.