CFTC Interim Compliant Identifier (CICI)
Clearing Trade Reporting Hurdles
With many firms now familiar with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's trade reporting requirements, the next big challenge is the European Market Infrastructure Regulation. Once these two have been overcome, new reporting requirements in other…
Regulation Drives 25% Increase In Avox Entity Validation
The counterparty data vendor says the number of entities it has validated in the past 12 months has increased by a quarter to 1,053,085, as firms seek to comply with new data-intensive regulatory initiatives
DTCC to Issue Further CICI Guidance for Funds
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation will provide further clarification to the funds industry on using its utility to register for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim legal entity identifiers
Identification Breakdown?
The structures and parameters for global implementation of a legal entity identifier are in place, but industry professionals are finding cracks in the registration process that undermine its accuracy. Michael Shashoua describes some of the issues now…
LEI’s Next Phase
With the structures for implementing the legal entity identifier basically in place, now the real work begins—actually implementing registrations
Industry Segments Get More Time For CICI Adoption
Extension of deadlines for swaps market participants as well as FX, commodities and equities traders to adopt the CICI identifier still leaves accuracy challenges to be addressed
Interactive Data Integrates CICI Into Business Entity Service
The data vendor has integrated the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim compliant identifier into its Business Entity Service and will link the standard to hierarchical data to give customers a more comprehensive understanding of their risk…
Strategic Grease
Speakers at an Inside Reference Data webcast on October 17 related progress in gaining acceptance for implementation of the legal entity identifier, writes Michael Shashoua
1 View Solutions Launches LEI Adoption Assistance Website
Firms can use 1 View Solutions' Ref-Data.com to compare their data with that of external sources, including CICI, the CFTC's interim identifier
CounterpartyLink Adds LEI to Databases
The legal entity data vendor is helping firms prepare for Fatca by providing greater transparency into the beneficial owners of legal entities
The Onboarding Conundrum
Client onboarding is often a cumbersome process, but market practitioners believe it could be streamlined if firms enable their customers to upload and maintain their own data. The catch, Nicholas Hamilton finds, is that strict controls could be needed…
CICI Utility Includes Rigorous Data Validation And $200 Fees
The interim legal entity identifier utility launched by Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation enables self-registration and third-party registration at a fee of $200, and includes rigorous data checks
Latest FpML Version Addresses CFTC Reporting Requirements
The latest version of the Financial products Markup Language standard includes new templates for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's requirements to report to swap data repositories and for real-time reporting purposes
Solving a Solvency II Dilemma
European regulator's announcement that an important code in its capital adequacy directive will not be harmonized through all countries could undermine the regulation itself
Questions Remain About CICI-To-LEI Transition
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) choice of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and Swift to provide its interim legal entity identifier (LEI) is unsurprising, but it is not yet clear how the CICI identifier will fit into the…
As We Predicted
Swift, and the DTCC, scored a win supporting their prospects as LEI administrators by gaining the CFTC's designation to run its CICI identifier standard
Swift, DTCC Prepare CICI Portal
Following on their CFTC designation, Swift and DTCC are making changes to their LEI registration portal to accommodate CICI identifiers
CFTC Chooses DTCC, Swift To Provide Interim LEI
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and Swift will provide the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim legal entity identifier when it comes into use in September
CFTC Moves Closer To Implementation Of Interim LEI
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's decision on the definition of a swap paves the way for implementation in September of its interim legal entity identifier, but market participants are still waiting to learn who will provide the utility that…