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Questions Remain About CICI-To-LEI Transition

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) choice of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and Swift to provide its interim legal entity identifier (LEI) is unsurprising, but it is not yet clear how the CICI identifier will fit into the…

Open Season For Instrument Codes?

Proprietary instrument codes, while now more open to outside users, may not become as standardized as the legal entity identifier - or will they? Some uncertainty is now in the mix for the LEI with a loosening of its federated administration model

Who Pays The Price?

As regulatory pressure builds up on end-user firms, some believe regulations for data vendors will ease the pain. However, the vendor community says there are better ways to help its customers, writes Nicholas Hamilton