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 28Â February 2018, up from 4.1 million from 31Â 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 […]
AMID INCREASING USER NUMBERS, DSB CALCULATES FINAL FEES Sign-Ups for Free, Open Data Service Double in Last Three Weeks 15 January 2018 – 12 noon UTC London, UK – The Derivatives Services Bureau, the global utility for creation of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) for over-the-counter derivatives, has finalized fees for the current user contracts […]
What information has FIRDS data provided after Week 1 of MiFID II? Last week, I provided some analysis on the entities that submitted RTS23 reference data for OTC-ISINs on day 1 of MiFID II. That analysis can be found on Linked-In here. In this article, I have provided the same analysis based on the week 1 […]
What information has FIRDS data provided on Day 1 of MiFID II? I have provided some statistics on the use of the OTC-ISIN for regulatory reporting. In particular, who is using the OTC-ISINs, how many OTC-ISINs are they using and are they trading venues or systematic internalisers? Some very large disclaimers first: This is our […]
So how was the first day of MiFID II for the DSB? I have been asked this question so many times over the past day and a half, that I thought I would write a short summary for anyone who is curious. Firstly, I should point out that we would not have been in a […]
Banks Lead Industry Preparations for MiFID II Reporting of OTC Derivatives Reference Data Contract Submissions Suggest Changing Profile of DSB User Base 14 December 2017 – 8am UTC London, UK — the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) reports today on progress in new contracts received for fee-based services. These include creation of new International Securities Identification […]
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