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GLEIF Names Rubix Data Sciences as First LEI Validation Agent in India
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) expects use of the LEI to expand in India following the appointment of Rubix Data Sciences as the first Indian-based validation agent within the Global LEI System. The validation agent will support increasing regulatory demand for organisations to obtain LEIs, as well as SMEs that find it difficult…
Derivatives Service Bureau Sets Timeline for 2022 OTC ISIN Consultation
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has set out the timeline for the 2022 industry consultation related to 2023 OTC ISIN and CFI service provision. The OTC ISIN consultation paper will be published on 29 April 2022, with industry being able to respond until 5pm UTC on 30 May 2022. The final results of the consultation…
GLEIF Releases ebook The vLEI: Introducing Digital I.D. for Legal Entities Everywhere
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has released an ebook, The vLEI: Introducing Digital I.D. for Legal Entities Everywhere. The ebook promotes use of the verifiable LEI (vLEI), which supports digitised organisational identity to meet global interest in automated authentication and verification of legal entities across industries including financial services. The ebook presents an…
ANNA Plans Implementation of Revised ISO 6166 ISIN Standard in February 2023
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) will implement the revised ISO 6166 International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) standard on 2 February 2023. The revised standard was published in February 2021 and is designed to bring additional clarity and transparency to the identification and reporting of trades through the use of international standards. Highlights of…
Concern Remains as Delay, Revision and Data Hang Over FRTB
The proposed Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) was formulated to protect banks against a repeat of the devastation caused to the sector during the 2008 financial crisis. Initially suggested in 2012, it was drawn up in 2016 by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), and revised in 2019 with a view to…
GLEIF Publishes vLEI Governance Framework to Support Digital Identities for All Legal Entities
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has published its planned verifiable LEI (vLEI) Ecosystem Governance Framework and is working with capital markets regulators on how the vLEI could be a means of securing filings and reports. It has also presented the framework for review by the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the LEI, which…
How to Source and Manage ESG Disclosure Data to Ensure Compliance
Huge steps have been made in recent years to bring environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting standards up to the level of reported financial information – but there is still a long way to go. A shortage of company data, a lack of harmonisation on standards, and the sheer volume of data being pumped out…
Happy 30th Anniversary ANNA
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) celebrates its 30th anniversary this week. The association was founded on 29 January 1992 by 22 National Numbering Agencies (NNAs) following publication of the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) standard ISO 6166 on the 1 November 1981, a standard driven by industry need to improve cross-border trading. ANNA…
Origin Connects to Clearstream API to Launch Instant-ISIN 2.0 for Eurobonds
Debt and capital markets fintech Origin has launched a new version of instant code allocation utility Instant-ISIN 2.0, which now offers both allocation and activation of ISINs for Eurobond issuance, while also providing CFI and FISN codes automatically. The new feature, which will be made available to Origin Dealer customers, will return an ISIN instantly…
GLEIF CEO Stephan Wolf Discusses Progress of the LEI and Plans to Increase its Growth
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) crossed the 2 million mark of identifiers issued, experienced organic growth of 15% despite no major regulatory implementations, and held a steady 65% renewal rate through 2021. Moving into 2022, projects set up by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) to expand LEI issuance are expected to take off, and the…