News – GLEIF

The Reserve Bank of India has mandated the use of LEIs by all companies trading in Over-the-Counter (OTC) markets for Rupee Interest Rate derivatives, foreign currency derivatives and credit derivatives in India. Mandatory use of LEIs was phased in between August 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018, as per the RBI Notification dated June 1, … Continued

Companies apply for an LEI through a service provider, like India LEI. They need to do this because companies can’t apply for or update details within the LEI database, which is managed by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – GLEIF. Instead, a service provider (LOU – Local Operating Unit) is assigned to each LEI … Continued

LEI registration process varies between different countries and jurisdictions as not all countries have a local LEI issuer (LOU – Local Operating Unit) and most of the LOUs can issue LEIs only to specific regions. Therefore, the GLEIF has introduced the concept of Registration Agents (RA), where most of the RA-s are directly connected to … Continued

The Reserve Bank of India has mandated the use of LEIs by large corporate borrowers and legal entities operating within certain financial markets. RBI mandated use of LEIs by all market participants, who wish to transact in markets regulated by the RBI including, Government securities markets, money markets (markets for any instrument with a maturity … Continued

In some cases, getting the LEI number can become really urgent as if you are planning to make a big monetary transaction from India and discover that you need an LEI number that your company does not have, it could bring serious consequences. If these kind of situations occur, it is important to get the … Continued

What is a Legal Entity Identifier and why do companies need it? A Legal Entity Identifier code or LEI number is a unique global identification number for a company that is issued by a GLEIF accredited Local Operating Unit. Financial institutions and regulators use LEIs to identify participants in financial markets. According to the MiFID II … Continued

Since 1 May 2017 entities have been required to disclose direct and ultimate parent company relationships when they apply for a Legal Entity Identifier (an LEI) or when they renew their existing LEI code. Any entity applying for, or renewing, an LEI is required to disclose certain information regarding their parent companies to the Local Operating … Continued

The potential regulatory benefits associated with a global framework for financial transactions were recognised as early as 20 years prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Prior to the implementation of the Global LEI System, each country was responsible for implementing its own framework to track financial transactions. The ad hoc nature of the previous system … Continued

The Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) has given us a glimpse of what’s to come. The organisation’s alphanumeric LEI code was embedded into its 2018 financial report. It’s the first official business report to have verified LEI reference data published with the electronic version of the document.  The report was also published with the embedded signatures … Continued

Just over a decade on, aftershocks from the 2008 global financial crisis are still being felt. It is becoming easier to imagine that the global economy has returned to normal – the European Union has experienced economic growth for seven consecutive years; the US stock market set a record in August 2018 for the longest-running … Continued