HKMA and SFC published conclusions from their March 2018 consultation on LEI requirements, reporting norms and platform trading.
June 28, 2018The six month transition period put in place in December 2017 to allow firms to obtain LEIs to comply with MIFID will end on 2 July 2018, as ESMA rules out any extensions in a new statement.
June 21, 2018BNM has operationalised segregated securities accounts for resident and non-resident investors in RENTAS debt securities using LEIs to identify transacting parties.
May 24, 2018Japanese banking association asks for 6-12 months grace for implementing LEI requirements; urges for increased incentives to encourage smaller firms to obtain LEIs.
April 30, 2018Paper says adopting LEIs should be mandatory for most market participants within six months of consultation conclusions being published.
March 29, 2018Firms in the region either embrace, endure or avoid MiFID II’s LEI requirement, but must accept that it’s not just regulations from the US which now have a profound extraterritorial impact.
January 18, 2018Six months forbearance to be allowed for obtaining LEI codes from clients, non-EU issuers of financial instruments.
December 21, 2017Corporate borrowers which do not satisfy LEI requirement will not be allowed any more credit amid continued efforts to clean up bad debt.
November 6, 2017The Reserve Bank of India has selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) to act as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India.
January 7, 2014