Legal entity identifiers (LEIs)

Michael Shashoua: Stability Board See-Saw

The ISO standards organization, at the behest of the Financial Stability Board, removed Swift as the registration authority for the legal entity identifier. Michael thinks the industry may be left wondering what the board intends to do in setting a…

Instability Board

The question on many people's minds in the financial industry is what the Financial Stability Board intends for the LEI standard, following its removal of Swift as registration authority

Total (Data) Quality Management

Inside Reference Data gathered a panel of leading industry experts to discuss the current characteristics of data management that are seen as important to reference data operations projects. Data quality, master data management and the legal entity…

Worth the Trouble

Firms budgeting for data management operations needs may also find that they "get what they pay for" in the current climate.

Keeping Swift in the LEI Mix

Pronouncements that Swift's removal as a registration authority for the legal entity identifier mean it's completely "out," appear shortsighted, IRD editor Michael Shashoua says

Framing a Client Onboarding Policy

Nicholas Hamilton discovers how global financial institutions manage different client onboarding requirements across jurisdictions and how effective management of the onboarding process can expand business

Data on the Move

Developments in regulation and standards such as Fatca and Solvency II, along with reference data needs identified by ISITC, are part of the reason why reference data is definitely not a stagnant part of securities industry operations in the year to date

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