The National Settlement Depository (NSD) saw the value of securities under custody reach RUB 49.2 trillion in Q3, which is a 13 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
The total number of securities issues serviced by NSD grew 17 percent from 19,100 in Q3 2018 to 22,400 in Q3 2019.
The number of foreign securities issues serviced by NSD grew 24 percent while the value of the federal loan bond balances in foreign nominee accounts amounted to RUB 2.5 trillion, demonstrating a 41 percent increase compared to last year.
The number of inventory operations in the CSD increased 29 percent year-over-year and reached 1.1 million operations in Q3 2019, including 842,000 exchange trade operations and 252,000 over-the-counter trade operations.
During Q3, NSD held 627 meetings of securities holders using e-voting technology, along with 81 corporate actions to repurchase shares and 15 corporate actions to exercise the pre-emptive right to purchase shares were initiated.
The value of repurchased shares reached RUB 113 billion during the reported period, compared with RUB 29 billion in the same period of 2018.
The Q3 results also showed the number of trades registered with NSD’s repository grew to 4.1 million, compared with 3.2 million in Q3 2018. The value of the registered transactions was 35 percent more than in the same period of 2018, which stood at RUB 116 trillion.
For payments and settlements, figures showed the value of money transfers reduced 11 percent and amounted to RUB 79.6 trillion. The number of client transactions amounted to 325,000, 8 percent more than Q3 2018.
Results in Q3 showed that the total number of delivery versus payments (DVP) transfers in Central Bank of Russia money was 313 (RUB 86 million), five times more than in the same period of the previous year, which was only 60 transfers.
Also in the quarter, NSD continued to transition to a new reference data product range that allows it to access information about issuers, securities and corporate actions. The number of contracts concluded with information service users grew 18 percent year-over-year and reached 599 contracts.
