Russias National Settlement Depository (NSD) has been appointed as a Substitute Numbering Agency in the Belarus and Kazakhstan by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA).
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus the Central Securities Depository of the Republic of Kazakhstan made the initial request, which supports ANNAs aim to provide uninterrupted international assignment of its international codes.
NSD is already a Substitute Numbering Agency in Uzbekistan, where a national numbering agency has not been formed. ANNA voted in 2007 to appoint NSD as a Substitute Numbering Agency for CIS countries.
Substitute Numbering Agencies assign International Securities and Identification Number (ISIN) and Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) codes; update the national segment of the international database of these codes; and provide code reports to ANNA.
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