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Almaty, September 23, 2025: The General Meeting of the Association of Central Depositories of Eurasia (AECSD) was held on the margins of the World Forum of Central Depositories (WFC) organized by Kazakhstan's Central Depository. Members of AECSD discussed the key issues related to the development of the Association, furthering the agenda of an extraordinary general meeting held in Moscow in May 2025.The participants focused on the discussions of the plans for international activities development and strengthening AECSD's positions globally, launch of the nomination process to the first Board of Directors, as well as of preliminary working group results on developing the media policy of the Association. At the meeting, expert webinars scheduled for November and December 2025 were announced. During these events, AECSD members plan to discuss amendments to the legislations of their countries, operational activities, introduction of new products to the market and other important issues significant for the financial infrastructure’s participants. The next AECSD’s annual general meeting is scheduled for April 2026 in Istanbul (Turkey) and will be held on the sidelines of the Summit of the Association, hosted by Turkey's Central Depository MKK. AECSD was established in 2004 and currently unites 16 central depositories from 15 Eurasian countries Read more »
Dear Esteemed Members of AECSD; It is a privilege to address you at this important moment for our Association. During the recent Forum and Extraordinary General Meeting in Moscow, we collectively endorsed a series of forward-looking measures like establishing an AECSD Board of Directors and modernizing our web-and-media policy Read more »
On 12-15 May 2025, the Forum of the Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD) hosted by National Settlement Depository, part of the Moscow Exchange Group, took place in Moscow. The Forum brought together over one hundred guests from AECSD countries and other regions Read more »
It is with great sorrow we inform you that on December 22, 2024, Mr. Gaioz Sanadze, one of the founders of the AECSD, Deputy Director of the Central Securities Depository of Georgia, passed away. Mr Read more »
AECSD Annual educational seminar was held online on December 17-18, 2024 The seminar brought together more than 100 people, and speakers and listeners from more than 15 countries took part in the seminar, including representatives of the ADC member depositories and observers. The purpose of the seminar is to share experiences, improve knowledge about accounting systems models in other countries, and coordinate joint actions for the development and integration of financial markets. The topics of the seminar were relevant issues for the depository sector: service diversification, compliance and KYC, risk management and settlements Read more »
KCSD statistics for III quarter of 2024 Read more »
Istanbul, October 2-4, 2024: the Summit of the Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD) and the Africa and Middle East Depositories Association (AMEDA) " Building the Future of the Capital Markets in Eurasia, the Middle East, and Africa: The Role of CSDs" was held. The event marked the 20th anniversary of the AECSD. The official organizer of the event was the Central Depository of the Republic of Türkiye- Merkezi Kayıt Kuruluşu A.Ş Read more »
On 10 September 2024, National Settlement Depository (NSD) and the Central Depository Systems (Pvt) Limited (CDS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The partnership between NSD and CDS is aimed at establishing a long-term cooperation that will help simplify the process of implementing business innovations and will contribute to the development of the capital markets. The parties have agreed to promote constructive dialogue and cooperation in the field of innovations, the use of financial technologies, investor services, providing information services, training specialists of the companies through joint seminars, as well as strengthening bilateral relations. Both organizations pay considerable attention to the development of high-tech services for market participants, which will allow cooperation in this area to achieve a synergistic effect. CDS noted: "The signing of this MoU with NSD is a significant step towards strengthening our relationship and fostering a more interconnected capital market ecosystem. We believe that this partnership will provide a solid foundation for future innovations and growth and pave the way to explore on new initiatives". "The signing of this Memorandum is the first important practical step towards building infrastructural relations Read more »
KACD statistics for II quarter of 2024 Read more »
