Local operating unit

Requiem For Sibos

Annual financial messaging and standards conference yielded unexpected turns on key topics like ISO 20022, KYC and instrument identifiers

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…

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

Securing LEI Success

From more regulatory mandates to standardized data quality checks, there was no shortage of suggestions of ways to ensure the success of the LEI project at the North American Financial Information Summit, writes Nicholas Hamilton

Are You Sure You Don't Need A Pre-LEI?

Some industry participants have fallen into the trap of assuming requirements to report pre-legal entity identifiers under EMIR will not affect them, and they are running out of time to put things right

ANNA to Create Records with LEI-Instrument Links

The Association of National Numbering Agencies plans to develop new records that include links between legal entity identifiers (LEIs) and the relevant financial instruments and reflect the categories of financial instruments according to ISO…

LSE Discusses its New Role Allocating Pre-LEIs

Emma Kalliomaki, the London Stock Exchange's head of SEDOL masterfile, discusses the processes it has put in place to ensure the uniqueness and validity of the pre-legal entity identifiers it issues in its new role as a pre-Local Operating Unit

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