Regulation
Swift Launches BIC to LEI Directory
The messaging vendor believes providing a directory that cross-references Bank Identifier Codes and legal entity identifiers will facilitate adoption and integration of the latter
Basel Committee Returns To Spotlight
The Basel Committtee on Banking Supervision sees the upcoming G20 summit as an opportunity to put forward more details on Basel III capital adequacy rules
Basel Committee Recommends Reporting Improvements
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision says enhanced disclosures by banks, including granular data on asset class mixes, may be needed to improve understanding of risk-weighted assets
ISITC Issues Multi-Listed Identifier Best Practices
The standards organization's working group is basing best practices on ISIN codes, as the most common and widely used format
Tullett Prebon Files SEF Application with CFTC
New York-based interdealer broker Tullett Prebon has announced it is applying to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to become a swap execution facility (SEF).
Advent, Advise Collaborate to Automate Form PF, Form CPO-PQR Reporting
The software vendors have integrated their portfolio management and regulatory reporting products to help private fund advisers and commodity pool operators comply with regulatory reporting requirements
Anthony Malakian: Regulators Literally Doing the Best They Can
In an environment of budgetary constraints, regulators must invest in top-tier analytical technologies. But, as Anthony explains, there is no “try” when it comes to preventing another 2008.
Michael Shashoua: Confounding Interests
Following the twists and turns of the legal entity identifier story, Michael finds clashing regulatory authorities, political maneuvering, and attempts by outside interests to sort through the wreckage.
For Regulators, Data Engineers in Demand
Regulators in the US have had to significantly increase not only their IT hardware and software, but their staffing as well, to meet Dodd-Frank-related demands.
US Regulators' Technology Burden
The passage of the Dodd–Frank Act in the US, while necessary, has not just stressed many Wall Street firms’ IT budgets—it has also required a substantial investment on the parts of the US regulators. Anthony Malakian charts the progress that has been…
CSRC Widens Everbright Glitch Probe
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has announced that it will expand its investigation of trading systems to include all Chinese brokerages, following a glitch in Everbright Securities' high-frequency engine that caused it to mistakenly…
Fatca Registration Portal Launched
The online portal firms must use to register their details, as part of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, is now operational
Financial Transaction Tax: Doomed to Fail?
The financial transaction tax, Tobin tax or even the Robin Hood tax—call it what you want—is here to stay. Or maybe not. By Marina Daras
IRD's Senior Reporter on LEI Opportunities for Vendors
While the public sector continues its work on establishing the legal entity identifier, vendors are deciding how they can use the identifier to create new products and services
FPL Announces Re-brand to Fix Trading Community
Fix Protocol Limited (FPL) has undergone a major re-brand, changing the name of the organization to Fix Trading Community, in order to better reflect its expanded role in the industry outside of its messaging standard.
Applications Open for LEI Foundation Directors, New Pre-LOUs Announced
The Regulatory Oversight Committee of the legal entity identifier system has asked candidates for the board of directors of the LEI foundation to submit their applications before September 4, and has revealed that Chinese and Argentine organizations have…
Identifying LEI Opportunities
While many people take a much-needed vacation this month, regulators and vendors continue to make important decisions about the legal entity identifier
Bitcoin's Regulatory Parade: Justified or Fiasco?
Regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) are examining the virtual currency that has fascinated popular imagination by—as much as they can—treating it as real. Will new…
ASIC Releases New Rules on Dark Liquidity and HFT
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has released a new set of rules for dark liquidity and high-frequency trading that are designed to influence market participants’ behavior.
Light and Shade In LEI Outlook
Shifts in legal entity identifier guidelines attract attention to the differences between countries on how to implement the identification standard
ROC Rule Changes Force Purge Of CICIs
The Regulatory Oversight Committee's pre-LOU guidance spurs Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation to remove 18,000 CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers that do not meet requirements
LSE Goes Live with Pre-LOU
The London Stock Exchange has become the fourth organization to launch a pre-Local Operating Unit that will allocate pre-Legal Entity Identifiers and include a process of entity validation, duplication prevention and entity eligibility checks
Stepping Up to SEPA
The Single Euro Payments Area project is standardizing the identifiers and messaging formats used for transactions throughout the eurozone. With six months left to comply, some firms have a lot of data mapping work to do, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Europe's Build-Up to Basel III
The European Union’s Capital Requirements Directive IV will implement Basel III proposals across the continent when it comes into force at the beginning of next year. With firms likely to do much of their risk-modeling internally, the demands on data…