European Central Bank (ECB)
ECB Taps Thomson Reuters' Eikon for Central Bank Network
The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed a three-year deal with Thomson Reuters to deploy its Eikon financial markets desktop across 18 national central banks.
Information Mosaic Updates Corporate Actions Product For T2S
Version 6.3 of IM Actions includes the ability to identify and track market claims, transformations and buyer protections based on standards published by the T2S corporate actions sub-group
Link Up Markets Chooses Swift For T2S
The joint venture of European and African CSDs will use the Value Added Network service to connect to Target2-Securities infrastructure
Sapient Enhances Data Tool for European Repo Agreements
Sapient Global Markets has announced a new offering designed to help firms communicate loan-level performance data to the European DataWarehouse, which was built as part of the European Central Bank's asset-based securities (ABS) loan-level initiative.
Swift Develops End-to-End T2S Solutions
Also achieves successful proof of concept for value-added network.
FSB Takes Another Step on LEI, But Administration Questions Linger
The approval of the ISO standard for the LEI moved much faster than most ISO standards, say industry observers. The FSB issued its LEI report to the G-20, setting a structure for the global LEI system, but the report leaves unanswered questions about…
LEI Makes Progress, But Administration Questions Linger
The approval of the ISO standard for the LEI moved much faster than most ISO standards, say industry observers, but the FSB still has to issue some decisions on who will administer the LEI
The Road To European Harmonization
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Reactions to ISO Standard Won't Delay Use For LEIs
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
The LEI Of The Land
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Western Identifiers, Eastern Practices
Western service providers looking to ride the coat-tails of securities identification initiatives spreading into the Asia-Pacific region must bridge cultural and communication differences
Frankfurt Summit Attendees Report Low Awareness of LEI Plans
About 60 percent of delegates at the Frankfurt Financial Information Summit said they are new to the topic of planning compliance with legal entity identifier (LEI) initiatives
Obtaining Utility from a Utility
The market would have benefited from more public debate about the reference data utility proposal, says Xenomorph's Brian Sentance
Don't Stop Believing
The concept of a reference data utility has continued to gain momentum over the past year, and the industry may be set for a structural change. Tine Thoresen speaks to the ECB's Francis Gross