London, 1st May 2020 – The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced more detail on the 2020 Industry […]
Published by Malavika Solanki Several users have reached out with this question in recent weeks, prompting this note. Having discussed the matter with a range of industry experts, it was felt that an analogy from outside financial markets might be the best way to highlight the principle… so here it is. A helpful way to […]
Published by Elli Sperelaki
The Derivatives Services Bureau successfully completes Third Party Assurance Audit London, 14th April 2020 – The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs) for OTC […]
Published by Malavika Solanki A review of live trades in FIRDS as at year-end December 2019 shows a continued divergence between the number of live trades reported by MTFs, OTFs and SIs, a theme we first reported on in our previous note on the subject. As the charts below show, the three MIC types had […]
A summary of key DSB milestones in 2019 is now available to complement the DSB technical support statistics, DSB operational status metrics and DSB Product Release Summary that are already in the public domain. The simple infographic below provides further insight into the breadth of DSB business as usual activities, which range from facilitating over 30 discussions in industry forums over a […]
Published by Malavika Solanki OTC ISIN creation and search trends remain consistent with prior months, with the sell-side and venues creating approximately equal numbers of Rates and FX ISINs, and the sell-side dominating most other OTC ISIN creation activity. The data below sets out highlights of activity from launch of the DSB service on 2 […]
London, 4th March 2020 – The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced the 2020 industry consultation timeline, bringing […]
The Derivative Service Bureau is working with industry participants to publish best practice guidance that helps OTC derivatives data practitioners increasingly focus on data alignment Industry participants are increasingly focused on the importance of data standards due to the insights they stand to gain from capturing ‘clean’ data. As such, there has been a recent […]
The Derivatives Service Bureau invites you to observe proceedings of the first Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting in 2020. The TAC supports the DSB Board on technology issues in order to align the DSB’s technology strategy with the needs of the markets it serves. More details about the Technology Advisory Committee are available here. Topic: […]
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