As much as 30 percent (500,000) of legal entity identifiers globally are out of date and in need of renewal, according to LEI Worldwide, a GLEIF-registration agent and LEI provider.
LEIs are a 20-character alphanumeric code that, as the name suggests, allows regulators to identify individual counterparties in a transaction.
They are currently required under several rules frameworks including the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, among others.
- Natalie Turner
- Securities Lending Times
- http://www.securitieslendingtimes.com/securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=224248
