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 3.5 million securities issues from the United States and 110 other countries and territories, valued at almost $34 trillion. In 2009, DTCC settled more than $1.48 quadrillion in securities transactions.

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

DTCC's joint venture company, 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.

Our Purpose, Mission and Values

DTCC is a values-driven company.

Our purpose is to help grow the world economy by furthering the development of low-cost, efficient capital.

Our mission is, by 2010, to be the acknowledged world-class provider of servicing solutions to financial markets through leadership, innovation, technology, risk management and strategic alliances.

Our values provide the moral compass by which we operate, binding us together and underscoring our approach to business for all DTCC employees. They include:

  • integrity and trust
  • quality and excellence
  • customer focus
  • employee focus and respect
  • innovation, and
  • 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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