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2024-2025 Depository Information-Gathering Project

2023-2024 Depository Information-Gathering Project

Association Letter to the SEC regarding Investment Advisors Act Release No. 6240, Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (February 15, 2023) (“Release No. 6240”) - SEC Meeting of August 29, 2023: Follow-up Actions Items for the AGC and AGC Responses, February 6, 2024

AGC-SIFMA Global Settlement Acceleration Webinar, January 23 & 24, 2024

Public Comment of the AGC on OICU-IOSCO Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets Consultation Report, July 31, 2023

AGC Joint Association Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (File No. S7-04-23), May 8, 2023

AGC Comment Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Investment Advisers Act Release No. 6240, Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets ("Proposed Rule 223-1"), May 8, 2023

Response to the Basel Committee’s Consultative Document, Second Consultation on the Prudential Treatment of Cryptoasset Exposures, September 30, 2022

Joint-Association letter regarding Request for Extension to the Comment Period for Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets Proposed Rule, March 3, 2023

 

Joint Association Letter regarding Industry Approach to CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime

 

Joint Trade Association Letter regarding Implementation
of the CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime, March 11, 2021

Joint Trade Association Letter regarding Implementation of the CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime, July 14, 2021

 

Market Standards for Shareholder Identification
(endorsed by AFME, AGC, EBF, ECSDA and European Issuers), December 2020

 

Joint Trade Association Letter
on the Impact of COVID-19, April 9, 2020

AGC’s 20th Year Anniversary Statement
-- Benchmark Achievements Since 1996

 

AGC Comment Letter on T+2 Settlement Proposals
for DTC-eligible Securities

Joint Report of the AGC/ISSA Re: Challenges
in Servicing Out-of-Network Assets

 

5 “Key Issues Papers”: Views on Depositary Bank Responsibilities under the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The Briefing Papers below summarize certain key issues impacting depositary banks which the AGC has been considering in relation to AIFMD requirements.

The papers also briefly review the pertinent challenges and options for depositaries.

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AGC Endorsement of ISSA’s Global Corporate Actions/Principles Report

Corporate Actions White Paper

On June 7, 2007, the Association published a White Paper that discusses the need to automate and standardize corporate action messaging at every stage of event communications.