A.    The Association of Global Custodians has issued public commentary in past years on a wide variety of regulatory and market structure issues in many jurisdictions.  

      Some of the relevant jurisdictions and topics are set forth below.

· Asia:  Regulations and Market Structure

· Canada: Regulatory Issues

· China: Regulatory Issues

· CPSS-IOSCO: Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems/International Organization of Securities Commissions

· Depository Information-Gathering Project

· Eastern Europe

· European Union: Regulatory Issues

· Group of Thirty: Global Clearance and Settlement

· Hague Conference on Private International Law - Indirectly Held Securities

· Hong Kong: Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes

· Israel

· Middle East & Africa

· N.A.I.C. – National Association of Insurance Commissioners

· Russia

· SEC – Letters to the U.S. SEC regarding various rule proposals

· Singapore: Guidelines for Custody Arrangements for Insurance Fund Assets

· Tax Issues

· Unidroit Convention on Intermediated Securities

· United Kingdom: Regulatory Issues

· United States: Regulatory Issues

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