Santiago, April 18th, 2017. The event, which is the largest of the region and includes Securities Depositories and Clearing Houses of America and other countries, was held between April 5th and 7th in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. In addition to issues regarding ACSDA’s administration, this year a new board was elected.

The Chairman was elected by the General Assembly, from among the members of the Executive Committee, by the majority vote of the Members attending the meeting. On this occasion, the voting was public and its quorum was 23 persons.

The new board for the 2017-2019 period consists of: President, Roberto Gonzalez Barrera, INDEVAL Mexico; Vice-president, Javier Jara Traub, Depósito Central de Valores, DCV, Chile; Treasurer, Olga Cantillo, Latinclear, Panama.

Additionally, relevant issues of the industry were addressed in a full agenda, where Mario Guillén Suarez, Bolivia’s Deputy Minister of Pensions and Financial Affairs, participated. Other issues of the event included recent trends for financial markets’ infrastructures, innovation and diversification of business in Central Securities Depositories, cybersecurity and cyber resilience and Blockchain in the industry of Central Securities Depositories, among many others.

“DCV is pleased to continue being a member of the executive committee of ACSDA. Particularly, as Secretary, during years 2015-2016, and currently, as Vice-president. The challenges are large and improvement is constant; turning this industry into an even safer one, applying high standards and best practices, will continue being one of the horizons for we as members of this board” stated Javier Jara, Business and Legal Manager of Depósito Central de Valores, and current Vice-president of ACSDA.

About ACSDA

ACSDA is a non-profit organization, formed by Securities Depositories and Clearing Houses in America, based in Lima, Peru. Its incorporation was agreed in the first General Meeting held in the city of Lima, Peru, on August 10th, 1999.

It was aimed at being an instance to share information and experiences among its members, within a framework of mutual cooperation, to develop works and promote recommendations on better practices in services such as the deposit of securities, compensation, settlement, efficiency and risk management, as well as to helping to adequate regulations of the stock markets, considering the distinctive features of each one of them, and being a channel for dialogue with other organizations worldwide.

More information at www.acsda.org/es/

About Depósito Central de Valores de Chile

DCV is the only Chilean Securities Depository, principally aimed at receiving on deposit public offering securities, goods, documents and agreements authorized by the Superintendence, and facilitating the transfer of such securities among the depositors. As of this date, DCV has securities in custody valued at UF 8,250 (US$ 329.6 billion), and has 188 direct participants, including banks, brokers, pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies.

More information at www.dcv.cl

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