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The Global LEI System – A Solution for Entity Data?
The Global LEI System – or GLEIS – has been in development since the middle of last year. Development has been patchy at times, but much has been done, leaving fewer outstanding issues, but also raising new questions. What’s emerging is a structure for the GLEIS going forward, complete with a mechanism for registering and…
Global LEI System is Here to Stay but Needs Further Development
The global Legal Entity Identifier system (GLEIS) has made its mark in the market and is here to stay, despite the continuing absence of a Central Operating Unit (COU) that will run the system, a lack of data standardisation that should be sorted out by the COU and concerns about how well entities will maintain…
Recorded Webinar: The Global LEI System – A Solution for Entity Data?
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. As 2013 comes to a close, the global legal entity identifier system – or GLEIS – will have been in the making for 18 months. This year has seen some significant developments ranging from the first meeting of the Regulatory Oversight Committee to a…
Traiana Supports EMIR Reporting with a Management Solution for Unique Trade Identifiers
Traiana has started to onboard customers of its Unique Trade Identifier (UTI) management solution with a view to helping them meet the February 12, 2014 reporting deadline for European Market Infrastructure Regulation, which requires both sides of a trade to report using the same trade identifier. The UTI management service is an extension of Traiana’s…
SuperDerivatives Combines Market Data and Calculation Engine to Deliver Credit Value Adjustment Solution
SuperDerivatives has completed development of a credit value adjustment (CVA) solution for OTC derivatives portfolios and incorporated it into its eValueX valuation service, CorporeX corporate risk and compliance system, and SDX front-office system. Results of CVA calculations can be received by SuperDerivatives’ users as Excel or XML files that can be integrated back into their…
LEI Oversight Committee Endorses Pre-LOUs, but Delays Naming of Board Directors for the LEI Foundation
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the Global Legal Entity Identifier System (GLEIS) has endorsed the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Turkey’s Takasbank as pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs), making the LEI codes they issue or have issued acceptable for regulatory reporting in the jurisdictions represented by the ROC. While these endorsements mark progress in development…
Global LEI System Takes Two Small Steps Towards Operation
The Global Legal Entity Identifier System (GLEIS) has inched forward with operational moves being made by the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) to address reference data issues around the LEI and by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to accept LEIs from all endorsed pre-local operating units (LOUs). The Secretariat of the ROC has written a…
Highlights from the Data Management Summit – Autumn 2013
Take a look at our video highlights to get an idea of what DMS is really all about! Hear some highlights from the panel discussions, tour the networking breaks, and hear what our sponsors and delegates have to say about the event, and you will soon be able to find out why this event is…
Oddo Asset Management Selects CounterpartyLink for Entity Data
Oddo Asset Management has selected CounterpartyLink to supply validated legal entity data and links to pre-Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) that will be used to support regulatory requirements such as Know Your Customer (KYC). The French asset manager has online access to CounterpartyLink’s central entity database, which includes content defined by and used by clients. Tanguy…
Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) – There’s More to LEs Than Meets the I
Firms everywhere remain under sustained regulatory pressure to reduce systemic risk, in part through the improvement of their view of counterparty risk. At the same time, the ongoing economic climate is forcing them to reduce costs, leading them to consider alternative operating models wherever possible. The emergence of the global legal entity identifier (LEI) standard…