National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Interfax Group have announced that they have launched the integrated product RU Data Price, which allows institutional investors to access a full set of data to analyze market risks and generate regulatory reports, in particular, to evaluate the fair price of bonds. The new service has…
Read moreMTS, Russia’s telecommunications operator, Sberbank CIB, Sberbank’s corporate investment business, and National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that for the first time in Russia have placed commercial bonds denominated in rubles and based on blockchain with the full life cycle of a security in the form of a set of smart contracts…
Read moreNational Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has announced that it has just received the status of authorized depository of Belarus which allows NSD to record the rights to government securities issued by the Ministry of Finance (on behalf of the Republic of Belarus). Prior to now, NSD clients could accept for custody and…
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National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has completed a large-scale project focused on transferring its information services to nsddata.ru, the Corporate Information Center’s (CIC) new technological platform. NSD’s new product range is based on a flexible service that provides for the customized export of information about securities and organizations related to…
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The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Waves Platform, have started to develop a blockchain platform to support digital assets. The new platform architecture will securely host and store tokenised and crypto assets, settling transactions and providing identification for owners of cryptocurrency wallets. Development of the platform is already under way and…
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The Expert Council for the prices of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has unanimously approved and recommended that the new methodology for calculating the value of ruble-denominated bonds be implemented. The new methodology is based on the newest concepts for assessing financial instruments with fixed income. The methodology was developed…
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National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has successfully settled the first transactions using its two new services – Linked Transactions and Instruction Prioritization. ATON and Alfa-Capital Management Company have become the first companies to use these services. Both services were launched in spring 2017, and are intended to facilitate more efficient…
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