The Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. (CDS Limited) is the world's second largest post-trade financial services company. It is the

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for three operating subsidiaries: CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., CDS Securities Management Solutions Inc., and CDS Innovations Inc. CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (CDS Clearing) is Canada's national securities depository, clearing and settlement hub supporting Canada's equity,

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and money markets, holding almost $4 trillion on deposit, processing over almost 374 million domestic securities trades annually. Internationally, CDS Clearing settles over 41 million cross-border transactions with the U.S. annually, and has custodial relationships with The Depository Trust Company (DTC), Japan Securities Depository Centre, Inc. (JASDEC), Euroclear France and

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(SEB). CDS Limited is owned b
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CDS is regulated by the

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, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) in Québec, the British Columbia Securities Commission and the

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, with working and reporting relationships with the Canadian Securities Administrators, other provincial securities commissions and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

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CDS Innovations Inc.

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CDS Annual Report 2011
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