Industry Forums

Industry Forums allow members to exchange information and work on initiatives specific to their particular constituency. As an ISITC member, you have already been placed in an industry forum based on your firm type. You can determine your firm type by selecting My Profile. The Industry Forums hold meetings during most conferences, as well as conference calls and special meetings throughout the year.

• Broker/Dealer Forum

  The mission of the Broker/Dealer Industry Forum is to provide common approaches to identifying and resolving broker/dealer issues, and to recommend and implement solutions with other ISITC participants with the ultimate goal of achieving STP. We interact with other constituency forums to achieve the most effective solutions to commonly acknowledged goals.

• Custodian Forum

  The mission of the Custodian Industry Forum is to provide common approaches to identifying and resolving custodian bank issues, and to recommend and implement solutions with other ISITC and industry participants with the ultimate goal of achieving STP. We interact with the other constituency forums to educate institutions on the issues impacting global custodians and to achieve the most effective solutions to commonly acknowledged goals.

• Investment Manager Forum

  The Investment Manager (IM) forum seeks to provide common approaches to identifying and resolving investment manager issues; to recommend and implement solutions with other ISITC participants with the ultimate goal of achieving Straight through Processing (STP); and to interact with the other forums to achieve the most effective solutions to commonly acknowledged goals.

• Vendor/Utilities Forum

  The mission of the Vendor /Utility Industry Forum is to identify and disseminate securities industry issues that can be addressed with vendor-based solutions.