U.S. Department of the Treasury Conducts Mandatory Survey of Foreign Securities Ownership as of December 31, 2005

Summary

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is requiring certain organizations to respond to a mandatory survey of U.S. ownership of foreign securities as of December 31, 2005, based on their performance in the 2001 benchmark survey. The survey will be conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and will cover the 31 largest custodians and end-investors from the 2001 survey, as well as the next 188 largest end-investors.