Legal entity identifiers (LEIs)
Here Comes The LEI Flood
Comments, actions and discussions concerning the legal entity identifier have increased and will continue to do so as key organizations make decisions and recommendations now and in the near future
FSB Report Recommends Three-Tier Structure For LEI System
The Financial Stability Board will tell the G-20 this month that the global legal entity identifier system should be established by November and that it should include a three-tier structure that will support the roll-out of the identifier
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…
Data Readiness Under Dodd-Frank
Inside Reference Data gathered a panel of leading industry experts to discuss the current state of regulation and standards readiness in the data industry. Dodd-Frank and the LEI loomed large in importance, as Michael Shashoua reports, but business…
Regulation & Standards Webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts to discuss the latest market developments in relation to regulation and standards in a webcast on 30 May
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
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…
ISITC Regulation Group Focuses on LEI
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Playing Gotcha With LEI
A week full of decision-making on LEI puts the ball back in the US CFTC's court
LEI Portal Launch Postponed
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
FSB Approves ISO LEI Standard
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
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…
Addressing Big Data One Byte At A Time
Strapline: Industry Warehouse
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
Swift Hopes For LEI Role Despite ISO Decision
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
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
Building a Data Management Foundation Webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts to discuss the best strategies for creating a data management framework to make it easier for firms to meet changing regulatory requirements in a webcast on 18 April
Legal Entity Identifiers special report
April 2012 - sponsored by: Alacra; Cusip Global Services; Informatica; Kingland Systems; PolarLake; Swift
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
FSB Workshop Discusses Three Levels For LEI And Federated Model
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Michael Shashoua: Dueling LEI Standard Proposals
Recently, Financial InterGroup, which had challenged the favored ISO 17442 standard for the legal entity identifier, took another shot by specifying an 11-character LEI. Michael looks at its prospects in the industry.