The overview-report looks at the problems identified by the G8 Action Plans, Task delegated to various institutions and results given from the implementation report. It is subdivided into ten sections:

• General Provisions
• Market Infrastructure
• Securitization Markets
• Public Debt Management
• Broadening and Diversifying the Investor Base
• Developing of derivative and swap markets
• Promoting Regional Initiatives
• Broadening the Database
• Developing bond markets in less-developed countries (especially Sub-Saharan Africa)
• Techical Assistance

The G8 Action Plan was mentioned in the recent report of the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting in Osaka, Japan, but also in various other conferences:

• High Level Workshop 2007 Developing Bond Markets in Emerging Market Economies, Frankfurt, May 10, 2007
• G8 Conference on Bond Markets in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries, Frankfurt, 31 January 2008
• Second OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management, 12-13 December 2007, Amsterdam
• World Bank Debt Management Stakeholder’s Conference, Oslo Norway, March 5-6 2008

A list of further documents can be found in the report, further entries will be added in the future.

• Institution: International Securities Services Association
• Abbreviation: ISSA
• Type: Private
• Founded: 1979 (The idea of an association of securities administrators from all over the world was first conceived in 1975 over a luncheon between C.F. Ahrens, then Head of Securities Administration at Citibank, New York, and B. Imseng, Head of Securities Administration at Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich. The perceived need was, on one hand, to create an organisation able to collect and disseminate information on the developments in the rapidly changing international securities markets, and on the other hand to offer securities operations professionals a forum to exchange ideas and issues of common interest.

  In 1979, Citibank, Deutsche Bank and Union Bank of Switzerland, by jointly organising a first meeting of senior securities administrators in Switzerland, laid the foundation of the International Society of Securities Administrators. ISSA continued to grow over the years. Chase Manhattan Bank, Dresdner Bank, Midland Bank and Nomura Securities joined the association as Sponsoring Members, followed later on by BNP Paribas Securities Services, Franklin Templenton, Morgan Stanley and Schroders Investment Management Ltd. Recognising that the face of the securities custody industry has changed dramatically over the years, and that the term “Securities Administrator” no longer adequately describes the nature of tasks performed by its members, the association changed its name to International Securities Services Association at the end of 1996.)

• Members Total: 91
• Membership in:
• Membership of:
• Description: ISSA is a private sector organisation without backing or mandate by any public sector entity. It was incorporated in 1989 as a non-profit association under Swiss law in Zurich, Switzerland.
• Working Group:
• Outreach: not applicable
• Reporting to:
• Website: www.issanet.org/
• Highest Organ: Executive Board
• Chair:
• Seat: Zürich
• Function: Develop standards for the Securities Services, Monitor G30 Recommendations
• Standards:
  As early as 1988 ISSA published the ISSA 4 recommendations that helped pave the way for many of the G30 recommendations of 1989. ISSA also monitored the progress on the G30 recommendations over the years, and finally issued its own fully revised ISSA Recommendations 2000. In 2004 The Group of Thirty (G30) mandated ISSA to monitor 5 of the recommendations in its January 2003 report “Global Clearing and Settlement: A Plan of Action.”

• Institution: European Central Securities Depositories Association
• Abbreviation: ECSDA
• Type: Private
• Founded: 1997 (History: The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) was formed in 1997 in Madrid in order to provide a forum for CSDs to exchange views and take forward projects of mutual interest. )
• Members Total: 42
• Membership in:
• Membership of:
• Description: The general objective is to offer solutions and provide advice at international level on technical, economical, financial and legal & regulatory matters to reduce risk and increase efficiency in custody, pre-settlement and settlement arrangements for securities and related payments across Europe for the benefit of issuers, investors and market participants.
• Working Group: Audit and Compliance, Public Policy, Settlement Links,
  Information Technology, Harmonization
• Outreach: For being in line with the needs of the European markets and market participants, ECSDA regularly exchanges views with public authorities and private associations. For example, with the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the CESR, the EBF (European Banking Federation), the ESF (European Securities Forum), FESE (Federation of European Stock Exchanges), the ERC (European Repo Council), G30 and The Giovannini Group, SMPG and SWIFT. ECSDA regularly liases with ACSDA (the Americas’ Central Securities Depositories Association).
• Reporting to:
• Website:
• Highest Organ: Steering Group
• Chair:
• Seat:
• Function:
• Standards:

• Institution: Group of 30
• Abbreviation: G30
• Type: Private
• Founded: 1978
• Members Total: 30
• Membership in:
• Membership of:
• Description: The Group of Thirty is a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia. It aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors, and to examine the choices available to market practitioners and policymakers.
• Working Group:
• Outreach:
• Reporting to:
• Website:www.group30.org
• Highest Organ: Board of Trustees
• Chair: Paul A. Volcker
• Seat: New York
• Function:
• Standards: