Four new MICs reported reference data to FIRDS this month –  one OTF and three SIs. This takes the total ...
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The September trend mirrors that of the prior month, with a 9% increase in the number of OTC Derivative ISINs ...
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Analysis of the FIRDS snapshot for September month-end showed a modest increase in the number of unique OTC ISINs reported ...
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The August trend mirrors that of the prior month, with a modest 11% increase in the number of OTC Derivative ...
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Analysis of the FIRDS snapshot for August month-end showed little material change vs. the prior month. Systematic Internalisers, MTFs and ...
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As with the DSB monthly metrics for July, the FIRDS snapshot for July month-end, broadly showed continuation of existing behaviours ...
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There were no major surprises with respect to use of the DSB in the month of July, which suggests that ...
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June saw yet another marked increase in the number of DSB ISINs reported to FIRDS, with most of the increase ...
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Once again, the rate at which new OTC ISINs are being created continues to fall – with a reduction for ...
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May 2018 showed a marked increase in the number of OTC ISINs reported to FIRDS, with higher OTC ISIN submissions ...
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The rate at which new OTC ISINs are being created continues to fall. Only 16% more ISINs were created in ...
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This months’ FIRDS data analysis provides some interesting insights including some new data points provided after a few industry participants ...
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This note focuses on both OTC ISIN creation and search trends to provide users with more insight into how the ...
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A month ago, I described the DSB’s preparations for what turned out to be a very successful industry load test ...
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There has been some excitable chatter recently from some commentators and trade associations around the use of Delivery Type within ...
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The OTC-ISIN population count has increased 24% in March to over 6.8 million at March month end, up from 5.5 ...
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This blog updates on the previous DSB blog after week 8 of MiFID II, to reveal no material changes in the ...
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— Updated on 4 April with info from page 60 of FIRDS Reference data reporting instructions With MiFID II becoming business-as-usual, ...
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A couple of weeks ago, I provided a glimpse into the technology operations of the DSB, with a focus on ...
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With Q1 2018 almost over, I thought this a good time to review the technical stability and performance SLAs of ...
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This blog updates on the previous DSB blog after week 4 of MiFID II, to reveal a fairly stable universe ...
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The OTC-ISIN population count has increased 34% in February to over 5.5 million as of close of business 28 February 2018, ...
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This blog updates my previous post after week 1 of MiFID II, to reveal a much more diverse and interesting ...
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Update after the first month of MiFID II The OTC-ISIN population count has more than doubled in January to over ...
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What information has FIRDS data provided after Week 1 of MiFID II? Last week, I provided some analysis on the ...
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What information has FIRDS data provided on Day 1 of MiFID II? I have provided some statistics on the use ...
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So how was the first day of MiFID II for the DSB? I have been asked this question so many ...
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