Financial Stability Board (FSB)

Regulatory Reckoning

Basel III rules aren't being implemented quickly enough to meet January 2013 deadline, but what does that mean?

Mind The Transparency Gap

Transparency concerns, inherent in both the legal entity identifier implementation process and scrutiny of pricing data sources, are gaining more attention.

Forthrightness is Such a Bother

Past Editor’s Views have supported the premise that a strong and cohesive global legal entity identifier is worth getting, but the Basel, Switzerland-based international organization taking on the task is sowing confusion and dysfunction

Michael Shashoua: Global LEI Nuances

The work of regulators concerning the legal entity identifier standard is becoming more mismatched with the changed definition of what will be completed in March. This development makes possible a significant gap in progress on the LEI between the US and…

Mixed Messages About LEI

Has the Financial Stability Board allowed enough time with its March 2013 deadline for the legal entity identifier (LEI) to set up local authorities, much less actually assign all the LEIs, as was once expected?

FSB Does Not Expect LEI System To Be Live In March

The Financial Stability Board does not expect the global legal entity identifier (LEI) system to be live and ready to use in March, according to an executive who took part in the inaugural meeting of the LEI Private Sector Preparatory Group in July

Solving a Solvency II Dilemma

European regulator's announcement that an important code in its capital adequacy directive will not be harmonized through all countries could undermine the regulation itself

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…

As We Predicted

Swift, and the DTCC, scored a win supporting their prospects as LEI administrators by gaining the CFTC's designation to run its CICI identifier standard

Michael Shashoua: The Crawl of Progress

Global regulatory authorities have inched just a little bit closer to defining what the LEI will be and how it will be administered. The Financial Stability Board’s plans for a three-tiered administrative structure inspires more questions about how to…

Here Comes The LEI Flood

Comments, actions and discussions concerning the legal entity identifier have increased and will continue to do so as key organizations make decisions and recommendations now and in the near future

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