The ACG Cross Training Seminar is a yearly event hosted by an ACG Member, planned and managed by the host Member and the ACG Task Forces, with the intention of facilitating exchange of information among working level attendees of member institutions. In the two-day Conference, the Host Depository and Task Forces will have sessions on pertinent areas of interest.

Currently, the ACG acts as a regional alliance and its membership structure includes 32 Depositories and Clearing organizations from 23 member countries across Asia. CDS obtained membership in the Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group in 1998. The CDS is also a member of the Technical Task Force of the ACG and works closely with the National Securities Depository Ltd. of India, which is the convener of the Technical Task Force.