up Clearing Houses and Securities DepositoriesIn some financial markets there are Clearing Houses. These act as central counterparties, and thus reduce or eliminate settlement risk, and often allow netting of transactions.EntriesDepository Trust and Clearing Corporation http://www.dtcc.com/ 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. Options Clearing Corporation http://www.optionsclearing.com/ 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. Norwegian Central Securities Depository http://www.vps.no/ Also provides DvP in NOK in central bank money, and DvP in Euro in commercial bank money. The Clearing Corporation http://www.clearingcorp.com/ Independent clearinghouse for derivatives markets. Features information on history, careers, FAQs, bulletins, member login and services, and contacts. LCH.Clearnet http://www.lchclearnet.com/ Formed by a merger of The London Clearing House Limited and Clearnet, LCH.Clearnet clears swaps, equity settlement, energy, bonds and repo, and futures. Euroclear http://www.euroclear.com/ The world's largest settlement system for securities transactions, covering both bonds and equities. Clearstream http://www.clearstream.com/ International clearing and settlement organisation, offering services for domestic and cross-border equities, bonds and investment funds. Monte Titoli http://www.montetitoli.it/ Provides custody, administration, clearing and settlement services for Italian securities. TriOptima http://www.trioptima.com/ Operator of TriReduce, a multilateral swap tear-up service. Continuous Linked Settlement http://www.cls-group.com/ Clearing house that eliminates settlement risk in FX, allowing payment-versus-payment in central-bank funds in USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CHF, CAD, AUD, DKK, SEK, NOK, SGD, NZD, ZAR, HKD, and KRW. Værdipapircentralen http://www.vp.dk/ Clears and settles virtually all securities listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. VPC http://www.vpc.se/ Clears and settles all trades in the Swedish cash and equity markets. European Central Securities Depositories Association http://www.ecsda.com/ Establishing common principles for cross-border activities for efficient and safe securities settlement within the European Union. Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation http://www.cdcc.ca/ CDCC is the issuer, clearing house, and hence guarantor of exchange-traded interest rate and equity derivative contracts traded in Canada. Oesterreichische Kontrollbank http://www.oekb.at/control/index.html The OeKB handles the clearing and settlement of stock exchange transactions by virtue of a decree of the Vienna Stock Exchange. SIS SegaInterSettle AG https://www.sec.sisclear.com/sec/cm/index.htm Provides the settlement and custody of securities from Switzerland and the world. Swiss central securities depository and global custodian. CREST http://www.crestco.co.uk/ Provides real-time settlement for a range of UK and international shares, UK government bonds and other corporate securities. Fixed Income Clearing Corporation http://www.ficc.com/ 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. Icelandic Securities Depository http://www.vbsi.is/ The ISD is a registry, a depository and a clearing house for the settlement of equities and bonds in dematerialised form. Norwegian Clearing House http://www.nos.no/ Clearing equities, power, and commodities in Norway. Related categoriesRussian Associations Banking Associations and Bankers' Associations are professional associations of banks and bankers that address their common interests. In some jurisdictions activity is primarily lobbying, in others Associations This category contains websites of international associations in the finance or investing industry. Typically these associations are fora in which common standards and legal agreements are composed, Central Banks Central banks, also known as reserve banks or monetary authorities, define and issue legal tender (money). Their precise role varies from country, but most also manage the foreign-exchange reserves. 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