At a London meeting hosted by consulting firm Ernst & Young, the world's largest central securities depositories (CSD) - such as DTCC, Canada’s CDS, the Moscow Exchange Group and South Africa's Strate - formed a consortium to seek better understanding of how blockchain technology might change their roles in the future.
For the Coindesk report on this matter, please see this link:
http://www.coindesk.com/worlds-largest-csds-forming-new-blockchain-consortium/