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Global Data Standards are Essential Yet Elusive, So How Can Our Industry Help?
Global data standards and identifiers are essential to business growth, market stability and cost reduction. They are also challenging to implement in a technology environment characterised by data silos and at a time when standards differ across multiple jurisdictions and can lack clarity and specificity. Featured Download: An update on data standards and global identifiers…
RapidLEI Reports Robust Q1 Results, Plans New Partnerships
RapidLEI from Ubisecure, the GLEIF accredited Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) issuer specialising in the automation of the LEI provision process, has reported an LEI growth rate exceeding 135% for the first quarter of 2019. The issuance data, as published by the GLEIF, represents a strong beginning to 2019 for the firm; as well as a…
Release of ISIN-to-LEI Relationship Files on GLEIF Website Meets Mixed Response
The release of mapping between International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) by the Association of National Numbering Agencies’ (ANNA) and the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) has received a positive industry response, but also raised questions about why a significant number of National Numbering Agencies within ANNA have not yet opted into…
Recorded Webinar: An update on data standards and global identifiers
The importance of data standards and global identifiers continues to be emphasised by both capital markets participants and their regulators. But how much progress is actually being made in developing and implementing standards that will improve data quality for better business decisions, provide regulators with a clearer view of systemic risk, and ensure more stable…
Derivatives Service Bureau Details Brexit Plans and Next Phase Developments
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), initially set up as a subsidiary of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to allocate ISINs for OTC derivatives under MiFID II, is moving on to ensure the development of its services are in line with user requirements and regulations. It is also keeping a close watch on Brexit….
A-Team Group Data Management Summit Takes Industry by Storm
This year’s London Data Management Summit was a resounding success, answering the questions of hundreds of market participants working to transform, digitalise and innovate their approach to data management and drive value out of data. It touched on technologies from knowledge graphs to data standards that can help users achieve these goals, and provided actionable…
How to Tackle the Exorbitant Cost of Sourcing and Cleansing Market Data
The financial industry spends $28.5 billion on externally sourced market data and a further $2-3 billion cleaning it up so that is can be used internally. Why is this so difficult and costly, and what can the industry and market participants do about it? Peter Moss, CEO of the SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU), will…
ECB’s Francis Gross Makes the Case for Data Standardisation and Shared Data Infrastructure
Technology has added complexity to capital markets, shifted the human-machine interface, and will soon provide automation beyond human understanding. It could also go wrong and cause an unplanned and unwanted crisis on a scale far larger and more damaging than the 2008 crisis. Countering this criticality and ‘the data mess that is getting worse all…
Derivatives Service Bureau Conducts User Survey on Fee Model
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), which issues International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs) for OTC derivatives, is conducting a user survey, and establishing an Agreement Forum as part of its 2019 industry consultation milestones. The initiatives have been set up to ensure continued industry…
RapidLEI Adds API to LEI Registration Service that Issues Identifiers in 99 Seconds
Ubisecure, a Helsinki based issuer of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) accredited by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) and provider of the automated RapidLEI registration service that is capable of issuing an LEI in 99 seconds, is extending its capability with the addition of an application programming interface (API). Banks using LEIs in applications and business…