Settlement

Welcome! In this section of the DTCC Learning Center you will find the resources you need to maximize your use of DTCC’s Settlement offerings. To find the content you need, either use the Search field or select a product below to access user guides, file specifications, video tutorials, and more.

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DTC Loss Allocation

Log in to view the two-part DTC Loss Allocation Overview video series to obtain a better understanding of DTC's Loss Allocation practices and how they would be applied in the event of (hypothetical) single-or-multiple-participant default or non-default loss events.

Part 1

DTC Loss Allocation Overview - Part 1 explains DTC's loss allocation practices at a high-level, as they apply to both a defaulting participant and NDL events. We discuss:

  • Participant Defaul Loss Allocation (Waterfall)
  • Declared Non-Default Loss Allocation (Waterfall)
  • Pro Rata Loss Allocation Calculation Process
  • 10 Business Day Event Period
  • Loss Allocation Rounds and Loss Allocation Caps
  • Participant Termination Process

Click to view the 10 minute DTC Loss Allocation Overview - Part 1 video.


Part 2

Continue your journey with DTC Loss Allocation Overview - Part 2  where you explore how DTC's loss allocation practices are applied in the case of (hypothetical) single-and-multi-Participant default and Non-Default Loss events. In Part 2, we review hypothetical examples for:

  • Pro Rata Loss Allocation Calculation
  • 10 Business Day Event Period
  • Loss Allocation Rounds and Loss Allocation Caps
  • Participant Termination Process

Click to view the 12 minute DTC Loss Allocation Overview - Part 2 video.


The Settlement Web is DTC's primary Settlement user interface. Clients have the ability to view their settlement activity as well as to submit transactions to DTC for end of day money settlement.
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Manage when and in what order deliveries from your inventory are attempted by using the Inventory Management System, a service offered to deliverers. Inventory is the number of shares you have available to meet your deliveries.
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View Settlement technical specification documents outlining the data format required to send and receive data.
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Use the Clearing Fund Management system to manage your DTC Participant Funds deposit accounts in real-time.
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SMART/Track provides a centralized communications hub for the transmission of various message types between clients.
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DTCC is undertaking a multi-year effort to transform its systems into a more advanced, modular platform.
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SMART/Track for Buy-Ins User Guide

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DTC Settlement: Overview Webcast

Overview of DTC Settlement Processing which will list the requirement, how transactions are recorded and how Settlement occurs at DTC.
February 08, 2021

Money Market Instrument (MMI) Issuances and Maturities

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Settlement: Settlement Participant Activity (DTFPART) Function User’s Guide

DTFPART (document 5.11) enables you to receive Participant account return transaction information at various times of the business day.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Payment Orders (CF2POC) via CCF-II Function User’s Guide

CCF-II users may utilize the CF2POC function (5.04) in order to transmit Payment Orders (POs), such as Security Payment Orders (SPOs) and Premium Payment Orders (PPOs) to DTC.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Collateral Loan Closing Balances (COLOAN) via CCF-II User’s Guide

The COLOAN function (16.6) provides DTC Pledgee Banks daily access to the Collateral Loan Closing Balances.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Deliver Orders (DAYDOS/CF2NDO) via CCF-II User’s Guide

CF2 users may use the DAYDOS function (5.02) to transmit day cycle Delivery Order transactions to DTC starting at 3:00 a.m. and continuing throughout the business day, based on the cutoff time schedule. With the CF2NDO function, transactions are batched and transmitted to DTC between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and do not affect the Participant’s account until the next business day.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Deliver Orders (DOI1/5) Function User’s Guide

This function (5.24) allows one Participant to transfer a specified quantity of a security to another Participant via FTP, NDM, or MQ.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: DOX1/5_NDO1/5 Deliver Orders/Night Deliver Orders

These functions (5.09) allow clients to transmit night/day cycle Deliver Order (DO) transactions to DTC and receive responses indicating any errors that have been detected in the transmitted transactions.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: DTF/SEGPART DTC Segregation Account Return Transactions

These functions (4.07) allow clients to receive data throughout the day, corresponding to data transactions not processed by DTC due to various error conditions. Clients may use this data to automate the updating of their files and the verification of daily transaction processing they send to DTC.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Memo Segregation Balances (DTFMEM) Function User’s Guide

CCF/CCF-II users may utilize this function (4.05) to receive DTC Memo Segregation Account Return Closing Balances Information.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Disaster Recovery Settlement Participant Activity (5.11-DR)

In the event of a Disaster Recovery, a CF2 user may utilize this function, which generates current Settlement date status transactions for reconciliation.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Fed Funds Settlement/Settling Bank Balances (FFSBST)

This function (5.23), produced at approximately 4:00 p.m. each day after Final Figures, consists of a Settling Bank's Legal Entity Participant accounts and their corresponding NSCC and DTC settlement balances. It provides these banks with a Legal Entity Settlement balance file.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Fed Funds Settlement/FICC GSD Settling Bank Balances (FFSFIT) Function User’s Guide

This function (5.25) provides Settling Banks with a FICC GSD Settling Bank Settlement balance file at approximately 7:00 a.m. each day. This file consists of the Bank’s FICC Participants’ accounts and names, FICC settlement balances, net settlement balances, and net debits and credits.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Customer Level Detail File (IPOCLD) Function User’s Guide

IPOCLD (15.01) allows DTC Participants to receive customer-level detail information for Participants' retail customers, Participants' institutional customers for which they are custodians, and Participants' own institutional customers that hold custody at another Participant. The file is generated once daily via DTF, and is in machine-readable format.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: Lead Underwriter/Syndicate Member Flipping Activity File (IPOLUW/IPOSYN) via CCF-II Function User’s Guide

These files are created once a day. The IPOLUW function (15.02) informs lead managers about syndicate members with customers that flipped during the tracking period, while the IPOSYN function informs syndicate members about customers that flipped during the tracking period.
February 04, 2020

Settlement: POL 1/5 Payment Orders Instructions

This function (5.22) allows Participants to transmit Payment Orders (PO) instructions to DTCC via CCF-II and MQ including Security Payment Order (SPO) and Premium Payment Order (PPO).
January 28, 2020

Settlement: Initial Public Offering Tracking System ICM Input Processing (IPA/R/T/J/L1&5) – via CCF-II Function User’s Guide

The IPO tracking system (15.03) offers CCF-II interfaces for tracking IPO issues.
January 28, 2020

Settlement: Investors Voluntary Redemption and Sales (IVORS) Transaction Pricing (IVREPA) Function User’s Guide

This function (5.26) allows participants to be notified early regarding exact settlement amounts from Transfer Agents/Sponsors due to IVORS Redemptions/Sales.
January 28, 2020

Settlement: MDH User Guide for Seg and MemoSeg (Output)

MDH for Seg and MemoSeg (Output, 20.06) allows users to transmit Segregation/Memo Segregation transmission blocks directly to DTC.
January 28, 2020

Settlement: Memo Segregation Activity (MEMOSG) Function User’s Guide

CCF/CCF-II users may utilize this function (4.06) to receive DTC System information regarding Memo Segregation instructions.
January 28, 2020

Settlement: Memo Segregation (MEMSEG) Function User’s Guide

MEMSEG (4.02) provides a facility that will monitor and control activities in issues that contain fully-paid-for customer securities on deposit at the Depository. Participants are requested to supply MEMSEG entries only for those CUSIPs where a delivery requirement is anticipated that day or the following day's PDQ (night) cycle.
January 28, 2020

Settlement: MN/NA Day Transfer Position (MNA1/MNA5, 16.9) ICM Input Processing via CCF-II and MDH Function User’s Guide

This function allows users to move position between their MA (minimum amount) accounts and NA (net amount) accounts.
January 28, 2020

Settlement: • Money Market Instruments Issuance Transaction Input Function User’s Guide

This function (11.01) allows Participants to transmit Money Market Instrument (MMI) issues to DTC via CF2 and MQ.
January 28, 2020
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