Published by Malavika Solanki OTC ISIN activity (creation and search) continued in a similar vein to prior months, with two notable items: (a) overall OTC ISIN creation activity was at its lowest level vs. that in the prior year and (b) users are now making steady use of the three new portfolio swap templates introduced […]
Derivatives Service Bureau wins ‘Best Reference Data Newcomer’ at the Waters Technology Inside Market and Reference Data Awards 2019 London, 22nd May 2019 – The Derivatives Service Bureau, 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 […]
Published by Malavika Solanki The number and type of OTC derivative reference data record (ISIN and/or CFI codes) creators remains consistent, with the sell-side and trading venues (similar dispersion of MTFs and OTFs) dominating data creation activity, with a much broader group of data consumers, consistent with last month’s data. DSB reference data record generation and […]
The Derivatives Service Bureau opens its 2019 Consultation To encourage industry feedback and participation in setting the DSB’s roadmap London, 9 May 2019 – 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 […]
Derivatives Service Bureau wins ‘Best Innovative Technology for Regulatory Compliance’ at the RegTech Insight Awards 2019 London, 7th May 2019 – The Derivatives Service Bureau, 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 […]
Published by Malavika Solanki This month’s update contains the usual metrics but starts with a new data point at the request of several industry participants – the monthly volume of OTC ISINs being created and subsequently reported to FIRDS. Looking at OTC ISIN data reported to FIRDS (see below), it’s clear that initial disparities have tapered […]
Published by Malavika Solanki Regular readers will notice that the DSB charts now refer to an asset class of “Other”, bringing the total number of asset classes – for which OTC ISINs, CFI codes and FISNs are available – to six. As usual, this blog starts with a general review of activity, before providing a detailed […]
Published by Malavika Solanki This month’s statistics overview begins with a snapshot showing the types of institutions that are most active in terms of OTC ISIN creation activity. The DSB introduced three cross-asset and three portfolio swap templates in mid-February, and it will be interesting to see how use of these templates evolves in the […]
Published by: Malavika Solanki There was a modest 4% increase in the number of OTC ISINs reported to FIRDS in February, reversing the slight dip seen last month. The increase occurred mostly in FX instruments and was driven by venue reporting of OTC reference data. There will be more data coming in the future to […]
Derivatives Service Bureau 2019 Consultation Milestones User Survey and Agreement Forum for continued Broad Industry Collaboration London, 4th March 2019 – The Derivatives Service Bureau, 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 […]
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