Legal entity identifiers (LEIs)
LSE and APIR Team Up to Issue LEIs in Australia and SE Asia
The London Stock Exchange Group is working with APRI Systems to issue and maintain Legal Entity Identifiers in Australia and southeast Asia.
All Things Are Just Dandy in the Eurozone
The tone at this year's Esma conference was a little too positive when it came to Mifid II says John.
October 2017: Watchdogs Sharpen Their Tech Teeth
We’re all used to financial institutions complaining about the burden of regulation and the amounts of data they must collect, maintain and report. But spare a thought for the organizations that will have to capture and analyze more data than any single…
ANNA DSB Faces Industry Concerns Over ISINs for OTC Derivatives
Licensing and user agreements surrounding ANNA's service burea for OTC derivative ISIN numbers have sparked fireworks over recent months as the service goes live ahead of Mifid II. Joanne Faulkner investigates.
Esma Issues LEI Brief, Urges Firms to Step up Efforts
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) urges market participants to take action now to obtain their LEI code before the Mifid II January 3, 2018 deadline.
Thomson Reuters Launches LEI ‘Health Check’
The LEI Profiler Service will help users identify missing or incorrect data around LEI codes.
Compliance Countdown: 100 Days to MiFID II
Sept. 25 marks exactly 100 days until Europe’s new financial regulatory framework, MiFID II, becomes law. Jamie Hyman gets the lowdown from industry experts on whether the industry is ready, what the next 100 days will look like, which strategies firms…
Asia’s MiFID II Compliance Countdown
The countdown to Jan. 3, 2018, when MiFID II will take effect, is starting to sound like the ominous ticking of a time bomb. Many details of the regulation have been available for some time, yet as the clock ticks down, questions still remain over…
FCA Worried by Lack of Readiness for MiFID II Reporting
UK watchdog accepts “scale of the challenge” but urges firms to “crack on” with putting data reporting apparatus in place
Opus Debuts Resolve KYC, Entity Data Management API
The Resolve API will make it easier for users to search for and validate company information from a range of data sources.
Bloomberg Gets GLEIF LOU Nod
To avoid falling foul of MiFID II's 'No LEI, No Trade' rule, Bloomberg will make LEIs available to clients via three mechanisms.
SWIFT Improves Bankers World Online Navigation, Search
Officials say the redesign will help SWIFT better understand and respond to industry challenges by building more features into its tools in future.
NSD On Track for LEI LOU Designation
The NSD is the first organization in Russie to reach accredited Candidate LOU status, officials say.
A Very Data Christmas Carol: Silent Night
Max delivers his rundown of the top themes of the year... in verse!
UK Regulator Mulls LEI Filing Requirement
The FCA proposes that issuers provide LEIs for regulated information under the Transparency Directive
APFIC Panelists: LEI Registrations Must Move Faster in the Next Year
There are about 470,000 LEI registrations so far, with only about 15,000 in Asia
Identification Revolution
MiFIR and EMIR are hastening replacement of client codes with global identifiers
Golden Copy: Farewell From The Data Desk
On leaving as editor of Inside Reference Data, Michael Shashoua reflects on the most incisive elements in five years of commentaries
MiFID II: The Unintended Accelerator in the Next Industry Standards Evolution
Sponsored feature: Thomson Reuters
Mandating LEIs in Asia
Registration of legal entity identifiers has been far more common in the US and Europe than in Asia, with regulations the driving force. Wei-Shen Wong finds out if regulators in Asia are following suit and mandating their use
ISO Reference Data Standards Committee Begins Review
Fintech and blockchain growth prompt group to take stock of developments
truePTS, LEI Smart Partner On Counterparty Data Product
Service aims to raise quality of identification information
Furthering the Global Legal Entity Identifier System
What still needs to be done to ensure continued increases in registrations?
Getting All Hands on Deck
The path for the legal entity identifier to reach its administrator’s goal of 1.5 million registrations must be paved collaboratively with the industry that carries out the work of registering. Michael sees GLEIF, the administering foundation, as gaining…