OREANDA-NEWS. July 16, 2012. National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, expands a list of issuers with shares circulated by means of inter-depository scheme of NSD's interactions with Depository Clearing Company (DCC).

Since 12 July 2012, shares of Open-Ended Index Fund “Troika-Dialog-Index RTS Standard” are included in the inter-depository NSD's interactions with DCC.

An updated list of issuers with shares which may be transferred using inter-depository schemes of NSD's interactions with DCC is available at NSD’s web site (in Russian).

About NSD

National Settlement Depository (NSD) is the largest settlement depository in Russia, a part of the Moscow Exchange Group, servicing on-exchange and OTC transactions with all types of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers and providing settlement services to participants in financial markets of the Russian Federation.

NSD provides storage of global certificates and depository accounting for 99% of corporate bond issues, sub-federal and municipal bond issues. It services 100% of transactions conducted in the federal bond and the Bank of Russia bond markets, more than 99% of transactions conducted in the corporate and regional bond markets, the majority of transactions with equities and also services UIT units and securities of foreign issuers.

In accordance with agreements concluded between NSD and the Bank of Russia, NSD acts as a settlement center for the organized securities market.

NSD is Russia's national numbering agency and the substitute numbering agency for the CIS, authorized to assign the international ISIN and CFI codes.