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General information - U.S.A.

Market Coverage | USA CFCL

Reference

Service level
CFCL

CFCL eligible fund types

Register market

Under U.S. law, there are four types of funds eligible in CFCL:

  • Mutual/Managed funds or Funds in a Register;
  • Private Equity Funds;
  • Hedge Funds;
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

These funds can exist as a number of investment vehicles:

  • Corporate Form of Registered Investment Companies: Corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts or limited partnerships;
  • Registered Investment Companies: Open-end investment companies (including mutual funds); Closed-end funds; Unit Investment Trusts (UITs).

CSD link

DTC-eligible closed-end mutual funds

Free of payment settlements will be done via DTC.

Custody chain and depository

Type of link

Indirect link via Citibank N.A., New York to:
•    DTC; and
•    Fedwire Securities Services (FED).

CSD

Custodian (as CBL’s depository)

CBL (as CFCL’s depository)

Name

DTC

Fedwire Securities Services

Citibank N.A., New York

Clearstream Banking S.A.

FATCA GIIN

No GIIN required for a U.S. entity.

No GIIN required for a U.S. entity.

N1V1GJ.00000.LE.442

LEI

DTC: 549300HBJLRO8YFMI370

FED: Not available


E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76

549300OL514RA0SXJJ44

Country of incorporation

The U.S.A.

The U.S.A.

Luxembourg

Account type

Omnibus

Omnibus

Segregated

Legal Account name/holder

Account holder: Citibank, N.A.

Citibank N.A. New York, as the participant in DTC and Fedwire Securities Services, does not hold an individually segregated account for CBL/CFCL at either CSD.

DTC: Registered in the name CEDE & Co (DTC's nominee company).

FED: Recorded in the name of Citibank (for clients in the books of the Federal Rerserve Bank of New York).

Clearstream Fund Centre S.A.

Clearstream Fund Centre S.A.

Depository

Depository

Local custodian/Agent

CBL

CITIBANK N.A., NEW YORK

Depository Code: 47

Operational arrangements

This section describes the operational arrangements of the U.S.A. market:

Domestic Market

Register Market

Remarks

Yes/No

Settlement free of payment

Yes

Yes

Settlement against payment

Yes

Yes

Eligible settlement currencies: British Pounds (GBP), Euro (EUR) and U.S. Dollars (USD).

Settlement against payment in central bank money



No

N/A

CBL acting as a a sub-custodian for CFCL holds a cash account at the custodian. Against payment settlement takes place on Citibank NA’s cash account at the local central bank.

Settlement penalty fees

Yes

N/A

Pre-matching

Yes

N/A

Back-to-back processing

Yes

N/A

Shaping facility

No

N/A

Partial settlement

No

N/A

Bridge settlement


Yes

N/A

 See "Settlement restrictions applying to US clients" in "specific settlement rules/settlement restrictions" under Settlement services.

Allegements

Yes

N/A

Automatic compensation

Yes

N/A

For against payment transactions only.

Registered securities

Yes

N/A

Lending and borrowing

No

N/A

Investment Funds

Yes

N/A

Certain open-end mutual funds, and DTC-eligible closed-end mutual funds

Proxy voting

Yes

N/A

Liquidity Hub Connect

No

N/A

Sale and purchase of rights

Yes 

N/A

Repo services

No

N/A

Market restrictions

Yes

N/A

FTT

No

N/A

Daily reconciliation

Yes

N/A

Moment of entry

FED: The FED rules do not define the moment of entry within the meaning of the Settlement Finality Directive.

DTC: The DTC rules do not define the moment of entry within the meaning of the Settlement Finality Directive.

Irrevocability

FED: Settled transactions are irrevocable, subject to exceptions as described below under settlement finality.

DTC: Settled transactions are irrevocable, subject to exceptions as described below under settlement finality. For information on the matching services at the DTC, please refer to the Settlement Services section of the Market Profile.

Settlement finality

FED: Delivery of securities or cash settling via FED may be reversed by the buyer/recipient. There is no limitation on the reversal timeframe, nonetheless, most securities reversals occur on the same day that the delivery was made.

DTC: Free of payment settlements via DTC may be reversed by the buyer/recipient. There is no limitation on the reversal timeframe, nonetheless, most securities reversals occur on the same day that the delivery was made.

Settlement is final for all non-DTC ID and DTC ID against payment deliveries settling via DTC.

For information on the receiving party’s right to reverse (referred to as the "Don't Know" - DK procedure), please refer to the Settlement Services section of the Market Profile.

Legal arrangements

The below section is valid on the date of the legal opinions that were issued and might be subject to change.

The information is provided for guidance only and should not be considered in isolation or as constituting a complete or definitive legal advice on any specific matter.

As CBL is our sub-custodian, please refer to the Market Link Guide - U.S.A. for the complete information about Legal arrangements.

Cash correspondent details

Currency:

U.S. Dollar (USD)

CCB name:

CITIBANK N.A., NEW YORK

CBL account:

10545071

Swift address:

CITIUS33

Currency:

U.S. Dollar (USD)

CCB name:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York

CBL account:

001-1-573714

Swift address:

CHASUS33