In an effort to bring greater certainty and safety to the market for credit derivatives, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ("DTCC") today announced it will support all central counterparty ("CCP") solutions for credit default swaps, in a non-discriminatory manner, with its Trade Information Warehouse, whose capabilities include central net settlement and asset servicing.

Through its DTCC Deriv/SERV subsidiary ("Deriv/SERV"), the company is currently working with ICE Trust/The Clearing Corporation, CME/Citadel, LIFFE/LCH, and Eurex to facilitate their efforts to provide CCP services trade guarantees for credit default swaps ("CDS").

The Trade Information Warehouse ("Warehouse"), as the market's central registry and industry-recognized post-confirm infrastructure for credit derivatives, is optimally equipped to support any and all CCPs that are established in the CDS market. Virtually all dealers and buy-side participants along with 15 third-party service providers in the global CDS market are already linked to the Warehouse and utilize its functionality.

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