Legal entity identifiers (LEIs)

Frankfurt FIS Live

Inside Reference Data reporter Joanna Wright tweeted highlights from the Frankfurt Financial Information Summit on October 14

CDO Advocacy and Influence

Chief data officers, now more established at their firms throughout the industry, are weighing in on how to pursue higher data quality by several means. Will they address the legal entity identifier next?

LEI Benefits Emerge As Implementation Progresses

The legal entity identifier (LEI) initiative is gaining strength with recognizable data quality benefits, greater awareness and participation, and more complete standards guidelines. Michael Shashoua reports on how all these developments are coming…

Questions for EFIS

The upcoming European Financial Information Summit promises to capture the important shifts in data management operations issues that are happening in the industry

Solvency II LEI Imperative Makes Progress

The regulation's proposed requirement for reporting using legal entity identifiers is nearing the end of its industry comment period, and firms that will be affected are looking at how to comply.

Chinese LEI Registrar Launches

LEI China, established by the China Financial Standardization Technical Committee certified by the LEI ROC authority last year, has started operating

New Approaches to Corporate Actions

In a July 8 webcast, four industry experts analyzed the approaches firms should take to capture and process the data they need about corporate action events and fully understand the impact of these events

Tokyo LOU Goes Live; Canadian LOU Designated

The Japan Exchange Group has launched its local operating unit for implementation of the legal entity identifier, as designated by LEI ROC. The committee has also tapped CDS Clearing and Depository Services as Canada's LOU

GLEIF Sets Fees For LEI Licensing

The foundation, which is responsible for legal entity identifier infrastructure and principles, is relying on the licensing fees to fund the central operating unit administering LEIs

CFTC Extends DTCC-Swift's LEI Designation

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has extended the designation of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation-Swift (DTCC-Swift) as the provider of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).

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