Asset Services

Underwriting is the entry point for depository and book-entry transfer services at The Depository Trust Company (DTC). Services offered through the Underwriting group offer efficiencies in the capital markets and reduce risk to participants by automating and facilitating the distribution and settlement of new and secondary issues.

DTC's Issuer Services provide an array of central communication and information resources for depository-eligible securities that facilitate outreach by issuers to shareholders. Through its efficient, cost-effective and risk-mitigating offerings, Issuer Services help achieve timely and accurate communication among interested parties with respect to securities held and serviced at DTC.

The Depository Trust Company (DTC) offers a wide array of services for processing corporate action events for the approximately 1.3 million active securities eligible at the depository. These services include announcing details of upcoming events and providing participants with information about their entitlements, accepting and acting on their instructions, and collecting, allocating, and reporting payments across various corporate action event types, including distributions, redemptions, and reorganizations.

Through its suite of Securities Processing services The Depository Trust Company (DTC) provides its participant firms a range of safekeeping and processing services for various types of securities. Securities Processing services deliver efficient and cost-effective solutions for deposits, withdrawals, electronic direct registration and custody.

This web page is designed to facilitate communication with the agent community by providing information and reference documentation that is necessary to interact with The Depository Trust Company (DTC).

Agent Services is the entry point for transfer agents at DTC. In order to establish a relationship with DTC, agents must first become DTC-eligible. The links below provide information and documentation that agents must complete in order to become DTC-eligible agents, FAST agents, and eligible for DTC's Direct Registration System (DRS). The Issuer Services link provides access to an array of central communication and information resources for depository-eligible securities that facilitate outreach by issuers to shareholders.

Global Tax Services offers a variety of services for both domestic and international clients including services to provide tax relief on non-U.S. securities, withholding tax services on U.S.-sourced income paid to non-U.S. institutions and a tax reporting data service. The offerings are as follows: