The OTC-ISIN population count has increased 24% in March to over 6.8 million at March month end, up from 5.5 million at the end of February 2018. The largest increase in new OTC ISINs has been in the rates asset class, with equities and commodities not far behind. A detailed breakdown of the month on […]
This blog updates on the previous DSB blog after week 8 of MiFID II, to reveal no material changes in the list of institutions publishing OTC ISINs to FIRDS, with only one new Systematic Internaliser (SI) and no change to the list of top 10 Trading Venues. Some highlights from the data => A total of […]
— Updated on 15 July 2020 with links to the latest documentation With MiFID II becoming business-as-usual, now may be a good time to discuss the industry noise on FIRDS data quality, and the perceived lack of a robust industry-wide approach to address the challenges. I should start by stating that I am much more […]
A couple of weeks ago, I provided a glimpse into the technology operations of the DSB, with a focus on performance and resiliency. Last week, we hosted a technology-focused webinar, the recording of which is available on our web-site. In this blog, I want to bring readers up to date with the latest changes within […]
With Q1 2018 almost over, I thought this a good time to review the technical stability and performance SLAs of the DSB and to explain our actions to date and plans for the future. The first port of call for stability and performance is the information on the DSB’s website, within the Operational Status page which […]
DSB Webinar: Current Status, Future Plans 12 March 2018 – The current status and future developments of the Derivatives Service Bureau will be the topic of a webinar presented at 3pm UTC on 22 March. The webinar is the initial activity of the Technology Advisory Committee process, which is planned to begin committee meetings in […]
This blog updates on the previous DSB blog after week 4 of MiFID II, to reveal a fairly stable universe of institutions contributing reference data to ESMA and an increased population of DSB ISINs being created for purposes other than reporting to FIRDS. Some highlights from the data => A total of 1,149,313 unique DSB […]
The OTC-ISIN population count has increased 34% in February to over 5.5 million as of close of business 28 February 2018, up from 4.1 million from 31 January 2018. The largest increase in ISINs created has been in the rates asset class, with FX and equities not far behind. A couple of other interesting observations for the […]
This blog updates my previous post after week 1 of MiFID II, to reveal a much more diverse and interesting universe of trading venues and systematic internalisers now contributing OTC-ISIN reference data to ESMA. A couple of interesting facts: Far more OTC-ISINs have been created in the DSB database than have been submitted to FIRDS […]
Update after the first month of MiFID II The OTC-ISIN population count has more than doubled in January to over 4.1 million as of close of play on 31 Jan, up from 1.9 million from 31 December 2017. Update after the first week of MiFID II Total OTC-ISIN population has increased by 639,360 in one […]
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