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CUSIP Global Services Releases Unique Entity Identifier for Syndicated Corporate Loan Market

CUSIP Global Services has released a unique entity identifier for the $5 trillion syndicated corporate loan market. The CUSIP Entity Identifier (CEI) is a unique 10-character code assigned to each legal entity holding corporate loans and was developed in collaboration with the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and Versana. The identifier provides transparency into…

Walking the Tightrope of Increasing Regulatory Data Collection Initiatives

By Kelly Attrill, Strategy and Advisory Practice Head, Lab49. In a digital world where the volume, velocity and granularity of data continues to increase, there is even more potential to leverage the data created. In the financial services industry, firms have recognized the power of data for oversight, compliance and policy development. Regulators across financial…

DSB Combines UPI and OTC ISIN Data in User Acceptance Testing Environment

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has extended Unique Product Identifier (UPI) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) into the OTC ISIN UAT environment, enabling OTC ISIN users to start testing combined OTC ISIN and UPI workflows. Users of the OTC ISIN UAT environment can develop and test changes to systems to incorporate the UPI as part of…

EU’s Landmark MiCA Framework Affirms Value of LEI in Crypto-Asset Regulation

By Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global LEI Foundation. With the crypto-asset market experiencing sustained instability and volatility following the high-profile collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, regulatory activities have taken on new intensity and urgency. Emergent initiatives are being realised, and in May 2023, the EU finally adopted the long-awaited and much-debated Markets in…

DSB Publishes Final Report on 2023 Industry Consultation Covering ISIN and CFI

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has published its 2023 industry consultation final report covering 2024 service provision of the OTC International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) and Classification Financial Instrument code (CFI). The report summarises feedback on the introduction of a security operations centre and provides insight into industry perspectives on the implementation of a revised…

GLEIF Signals Intent to Join Global Project Designed to Digitise ESG Credentials of MSMEs

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a statement of intent to embark on a collaborative initiative to develop digital Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) worldwide. The initiative, Project Savannah, hopes to lower the…

ESMA Data Strategy Proposes More Tech, Less Cost in Reporting Compliance

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its data strategy for 2023 to 2028. Key agenda points include using new data-related technologies, reducing reporting compliance costs for regulated entities, enabling effective use of data at both EU and national level, and making data more broadly available to the public. The five-year ESMA data…

Bloomberg Offers Funds Data Solution via Data License

Bloomberg has released Funds Data Solution providing funds and exchange traded products (ETPs) data designed to help clients act on changing investment opportunities and support end-to-end workflows spanning portfolio construction, risk management, due diligence and operations. The solution covers over 135,000 unique funds and 12,000 ETPs that are available as foundational data, holdings, corporate actions,…

VerifyVASP Becomes First LEI Validation Agent Operating Exclusively in Crypto and Digital Asset Trading

VerifyVASP, a Singapore-based RegTech solution provider to virtual asset service providers (VASPs), has joined the Global LEI System as a validation agent. The company is the first validation agent to operate exclusively in the crypto and digital asset trading space. As a validation agent, VerifyVASP can help obtain Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) for its VASP…

ESG Data. A New Master?

By Mark Davies, Partner, element22. Master data management has long been an unsung hero. Understood by a handful of technologists and passionate data evangelists, while delivering consistency and control across complex organisations. Regardless of industry, those organisations that invest in mastering the data that really matters to their organisation reap substantial ongoing dividends. It is…