| 2. | Options Clearing Corporation | | | OCC is the issuer and registered clearing facility for all U.S. exchange-listed securities options, including those traded on the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Pacific Exchange, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and The International Securities Exchange. www.optionsclearing.com |
| 5. | CREST | | | Provides real-time settlement for a comprehensive range of UK and international shares, UK government bonds and other corporate securities. www.crestco.co.uk |
| 7. | Euroclear | | | The world's largest settlement system for securities transactions, covering both bonds and equities. www.euroclear.com |
| 8. | Central Securities Depository | | | Organization responsible for the clearing and settlement of the Athens Stock Exchange transactions and administration of the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS). www.hcsd.gr |
| 9. | Monte Titoli | | | Provides custody, administration, clearing and settlement services for Italian securities. www.montetitoli.it |
| 10. | VPC | | | Clears and settles all trades in the Swedish cash and equity markets. www.vpc.se |
| 11. | Værdipapircentralen | | | Clears and settles virtually all securities listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. www.vp.dk |
| 13. | Servicio de Compensación y Liquidación de Valores | | | The Spanish Central Securities Depository, which registers securities and manages the clearing and settlement of trades done in the Spanish Stock Exchanges, in the AIAF Fixed Income Market, and the Latin American Securities Market (Latibex). www.sclv.es |
| 14. | Icelandic Securities Depository | | | The ISD is a registry, a depository and a clearing house for the settlement of equities and bonds in dematerialised form. www.vbsi.is |
| 15. | Continuous Linked Settlement | | | Clearing house that eliminates settlement risk in FX, allowing payment-versus-payment in central-bank funds in the largest seven currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CHF, CAD and AUD. www.cls-group.com |
| 16. | Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation | | | Provides clearance, settlement and information services for virtually all equity, corporate debt, municipal debt, government securities, mortgage-backed securities, and emerging market sovereign debt trades in the U.S. www.dtcc.com |
| 17. | Fixed Income Clearing Corporation | | | FICC was formed by the merger of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and the MBS Clearing Corporation, and is a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. Site has press notices and clearing statistics. www.ficc.com |
| 18. | TriOptima | | | Operator of TriReduce, a multilateral swap tear-up service. www.trioptima.com |
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