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September 23, 2021London, 23rd September 2021 – The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global association dedicated to the support of efficient capital markets through the use of widely embraced ISO standards, today announced the successful release of an improved and modernised ANNA Service Bureau (ASB). Among the key technology and infrastructure enhancements that will benefit both numbering agencies and ASB clients alike are: streamlined data processing, improved communication between contributors, a new look and feel for the user interface and additional data elements related to the 2020 revision of the ISIN ISO 6166 standard.
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August 11, 2021ANNA's Board Member Claudio Garin explains in a video (in Spanish) the organisation's role as the Registration Authority for two ISO standards - #ISIN and #FISN - and the responsibilities of its members to their local jurisdictions.
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July 15, 2021ANNA Community Newsletter
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July 6, 2021What is gradually becoming clear amidst the ups and downs of the cryptoworld is that not all digital assets are created equal. Dogecoin, the ‘dog’ meme cryptocurrency that started as a joke in 2013, has seen its value increase by more than 13,000% in the past four months thanks in part to Elon Musk’s tweets of support. Things are not looking as positive for Ripple, however, as the payments settlement system and cryptocurrency (XRP) faces a lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) arguing that XRP is a security, rather than a commodity or other type of asset. Further legal challenges involving Bitfinex and Tether were spearheaded by The New York Attorney General’s office (NYAG) who charged that the parent company commingled client and corporate funds to cover up $850 million that went missing.
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June 18, 2021Brussels, London, June 18th 2021 – The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global member association seeking to foster standardisation within the financial industry by upholding the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) principles and by promoting International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs), and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISN), for financial instruments, announced today the appointment of a new board member Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych SA, (KDPW SA), represented by Slawomir Zajac, as well as the re-election of Board members Euroclear Bank SA/NV, represented by Dan Kuhnel, and DCV Asesorías y Servicios SA, Chile, represented by Claudio Garin.
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June 10, 2021London, 10th June 2021 – Etrading Software (ETS), global provider of technology-led solutions designed for financial institutions and industry initiatives, acting as the selected Registration Authority for the new International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) standard ISO 24165 for Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs), and the Association of National Numbering Agencies, (ANNA), a global member association seeking to foster standardisation within the financial industry and ISO Registration Authority for ISO 6166 International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), today announce a new joint task force to identify potential synergies between the DTI and ISIN.
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April 20, 2021ANNA Community Newsletter
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March 29, 2021For the initiative of linking ISINs and LEIs to aid the global financial industry
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announce they have won the ‘Most innovative data standards initiative’ at the A-Team Innovation Awards 2021.
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December 16, 2020Fractional Ownership: How to bag your ultimate luxury gift
If you’re wondering what to buy your loved ones for the holiday season and want to really splash out, why not own a slice of a priceless artwork, a classic sports car, or even a thoroughbred racehorse. Too far-fetched? Think again. Now there are ways that everyday people can purchase extraordinary things - only in the form of a minority stake mind you. This is called fractional ownership, and the idea is taking off especially amongst the younger generations.
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December 16, 2020Certified ISIN-to-LEI mapping initiative
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global member association seeking to foster standardisation within the financial industry by upholding the ISO principles and by promoting International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs), and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISN), for financial and referential instruments, announced today that additional jurisdictions have been added to the open-source relationship files provided through the certified ISIN-to-LEI mapping service. This certified initiative, which ANNA has undertaken with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), maps ISINs to their corresponding Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).
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December 9, 2020The global race to develop a central bank digital currency: Considerations for the securities industry
“The speed of innovation in payments and money-related technologies requires the prioritisation of collaborative experimentation,” the BIS pointed out in a recent press release announcing its first central bank digital currency (CBDC) report written by seven central banks and the BIS setting out their key requirements. It was only ten days later, Reuters reported that China had concluded its largest pilot project to date for a central bank-backed digital yuan. As competition heats up between countries in the global race to develop a CBDC, how, in turn, can the ecosystem around investable assets prepare?
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December 2, 2020As we observe the boom and evolution of digital assets, there is no doubt that key market infrastructures have homework to do. And rightly so, given that proper consideration needs to be given to the impacts and challenges related to the development of the digital asset sector. This is especially important given the fact that there is not yet a fully developed, end-to-end infrastructure to take a tokenised asset through the whole of its lifecycle.
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October 29, 2020Market trends are pointing towards greater acceptance of digital assets as a new investable asset class. A survey by Fidelity Digital Assets shows that 91% of respondents who are open to exposure to digital assets expect to have at least 0.5% of their portfolio allocated to the new investable asset class. In addition, we continue to see the likes of Societe General and Santander settle multiple bond issuances on blockchain technology, The World Bank supporting a $100m bond issuance, and BTG Pactual tokenizing their REIT structures while testing their own network. We see this as evidence of the transition into security tokens, particularly in the bond space.
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October 1, 2020During the past few pandemic-filled months, the implementation of business continuity plans has proved to have been of critical importance to organisations. COVID-19 has instigated periods of volatility for financial markets, meaning the National Numbering Agencies (the organisations in each country responsible for issuing International Securities Identification Numbers (ISIN)) have had to work tirelessly to maintain seamless support to their market participants. ANNA has also been kept busy during these unprecedented times, and we thought we should take this opportunity to give you a brief update on our recent priorities.
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September 21, 2020ANNA and GLEIF win ‘Best Reference Data Newcomer’ at the Waters Technology IMD & IRD Awards 2020 for the initiative of linking ISINs and LEIs to aid the global financial industry
London, 21st September 2020 – The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announce they have won the ‘Best Reference Data Newcomer’ category in Waters Technology’s Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data 2020 Awards.
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September 18, 2020Best Reference Data Newcomer (Vendor or Product)
ANNA and GLEIF
A collaboration between the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) takes home the award for Best Reference Data Newcomer. The two organizations have responsibility for some of the international standards used in the global financial community: ANNA represents the national numbering agencies (NNAs) that allocate the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for securities issued in their local jurisdictions, while GLEIF is responsible for the legal entity identifier (LEI) at the issuer level. In April 2019, the two bodies launched a new service linking ISINs and LEIs, with the data published free on GLEIF’s website.
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July 6, 2020Institutional interest in digital assets is growing. Cointelegraph recently reported that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit a high of $40 million in volume of Bitcoin options on 13 May 2020, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager Grayscale posted record-breaking capital inflow to its GBTC fund in Q1 2020, and Fidelity’s cryptocurrency services division confirmed increased interest from pension funds and family offices.
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June 4, 2020The issue of data integrity has risen up the agenda for the majority of financial institutions with a desire to improve data quality and get a better handle on risk management, while minimising the chances of market abuse through improved anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) checks.
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April 30, 2020ANNA, through its ongoing collaborative work with Benchmark Administrators, recently held a productive Benchmarks Task Force (TF21) meeting (virtual online) at the end of March, 2020. The aim of the meeting was to follow up on actions from the previous meeting on ISIN data analysis - details of which can be found here - and share any observations and approaches that can be used going forward by parties involved.
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March 19, 2020Our top priority is the health and safety of our employees, the employees of our Members and Partners as well as our external business partners. In view of the international COVID-19 pandemic, ANNA is closely monitoring the situation and how it is being assessed by governments and official health organizations.
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March 12, 2020The Crypto Assets Conference 2020 was another jammed-pack event taking place in Frankfurt on 9-10 March, focusing on the future implications of blockchain. In its second year and welcoming over 300 guests and experts, sessions took place to discuss the custody of digital assets, tokenised securities, a digital euro, and regulatory developments in Germany and Liechtenstein.
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March 12, 2020We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Stephan Dreyer has joined the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) as Managing Director. Prior to this, Stephan spent over 25 years working for Bloomberg LP in the US, London, and Frankfurt as a Senior Product Manager for Fixed Income Debt Capital Markets and Securitized Derivatives within the Data Management Division, where he spearheaded development of data products for market transparency and regulatory purposes.
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January 13, 2020Digital assets are emerging as a new investment class. The entire investment industry, from issuers to investors to regulators, stands to gain from greater levels of efficiency and transparency while reducing transaction costs and times. In the first of our Digital Asset Series, we look at what is defined as a digital asset, as well as what industry needs to do to be able to efficiently capitalise on the benefits of this fledgling asset class.
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December 19, 2019Earlier in the year, ANNA held its first Benchmarks Task Force (TF21) meeting at the London Stock Exchange, the outcome of which was shared in a blog post published in April 2019. Since then, TF21 has met twice to follow-up on the actions from the previous meeting which included a review of proposed amendments to the ISIN Guidelines based on TF21 recommendations, as well as opening discussions on ISIN data quality and coverage.
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December 2, 2019...with continued commitment from National Numbering Agencies
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global member association seeking to foster standardisation within the financial industry by upholding the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) principles and by promoting International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs), and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISN), for financial instruments, announced today that 16 National Numbering Agencies (NNAs) have now signed up to this voluntary initiative which maps new and legacy ISINs to their corresponding LEIs, a joint initiative ANNA is undertaking with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF).
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October 23, 2019to assess benefits of common standard identifiers
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global member association seeking to foster standardisation within the financial industry by upholding the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) principles and by promoting International Securities Identification Numbers, ISINs, and Classification of Financial Instrument codes, CFIs, and Financial Instrument Short Names, FISN, for financial instruments, announce a new Technology Taskforce (TF-22) on Digital Assets. This initiative has been created to help examine how ISINs may be able to help identify possible harmonisation of standards.
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July 16, 2019The use of Classification of Financial Instrument (CFI) codes has gained momentum since the increase in scope of MiFID II requiring the reporting of CFIs for OTC derivatives. Scrutiny from regulators has likewise increased with Competent Authorities frequently questioning users on their CFI data reporting. Regulators are keen to put their newfound reporting data to good use and utilise the collected information for analytical purposes, yet the key focus is to ensure that accurate data is submitted in order for them to do so. This consistency of data is not only important for regulators, but for firms that are becoming increasingly aware of the critical value of efficiently aggregating data for their own evaluation and positioning purposes.
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June 14, 2019The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) is a global member association seeking to foster standardisation within the financial industry by upholding the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) principles and by promoting ISIN, FISN and CFI codes for financial instruments. This is achieved through ongoing, collaborative work with market participants, regulators and other standards bodies.
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April 12, 2019Chief Risk Officers are keen to stem losses linked to operational risk, as well as minimising the costs involved in managing the all-important mountain of data that financial institutions find themselves sitting on. One way to reduce operational friction in this area is by reducing risk and potential conflict around the standards used to identify financial instruments. It is imperative that these unique instrument identifiers remain truly standardised across all Capital Market borders and consistently aligned so as to either avoid delays in settlement, or costly risk-laden results in data inconsistencies and operational challenges.
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April 10, 2019In our latest blog post we look at what themes emerged from the first Benchmarks Task Force meeting, including the key challenges faced by the industry, as well as the current ISIN assignment process, existing ISIN coverage and future expectations.
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April 4, 2019ANNA and GLEIF announce ‘go-live’ date on ISIN LEI Initiative. Link between ISO standards to start on 4th April 2019, to improve transparency and aid risk and exposure management
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October 18, 2018London, 17 October 2018 – The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), the organisation whose members are responsible for assigning ISIN, FISN & CFI codes, today announced a new Benchmarks Task Force to aid in understanding and developing the process for obtaining ISINs for referential instruments in particular, indices and reference rates.
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September 4, 2018London, 4 September 2018 – The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today have announced the signing of a new initiative to link International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs). The initiative has been created to help improve transparency of exposure by linking the issuer and issuance of securities.
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January 15, 2018London, 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 running from 2 October 2017 to 31 December 2018. The calculations reflect the overall growth in fee-paying users from 78 to 103 firms over the last three weeks.
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December 19, 2017The Association of National Numbering Agencies today announced the availability of its ANNA ISIN Lookup Service, which enables any user to find and download ISINs by providing relevant reference data. Responses to queries include not only International Securities Information Numbers (ISINs) with matched reference data, but also companion codes – the Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) and Financial Instrument Short Name.
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December 14, 2017London, 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 Numbers (ISINs) for OTC derivatives and programmatic connections to the DSB which enable fully automated operations and real-time updates.
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November 9, 2017Since the Derivatives Service Bureau (“DSB”) entered production on 2 October, the DSB has witnessed a steady rise in registrations, with rising numbers of firms looking to be on-boarded in time for the start of MiFID II on 3 Jan 2018. Given the DSB’s status as a new OTC derivatives market infrastructure utility, the DSB is publishing this report to inform the industry of its progress and performance and to inform market participants of timelines for guaranteed on-boarding before MiFID II go-live.
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October 9, 2017The Board of the Derivatives Service Bureau today announced that an industry committee will be formed to advise the DSB on future evolutions of the DSB technology platform to address changing market requirements
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October 2, 2017The Derivatives Service Bureau launched its real-time International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) creation service today and users can now create OTC derivative ISINs and obtain associated reference data to address regulatory reporting obligations and processing requirements.
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May 2, 2017The Derivatives Service Bureau today opened its second industry consultation on the proposed final fee model of user payments and other topics related to the cost-recovery financial basis of the DSB. The fee model will go into effect on 2 October 2017 when the DSB completes its start-up phase and becomes operational.
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April 19, 2017Using the example of a specific swap product, the Product Committee of the Derivatives Service Bureau today opened its second industry consultation to define in principle the relevant International Securities Identification Number (ISIN). Industry feedback is due by 12 May.
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April 13, 2017Funding to complete development and support initial operations of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has been secured. The investors represent some of the largest and longest established National Numbering Agencies.
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April 3, 2017The Derivatives Service Bureau today opened the DSB User Acceptance Testing (UAT) platform to the industry with a revised and updated set of product templates that are consistent with MiFID II requirements.
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March 13, 2017London, UK -- The ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) today announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been selected as the cloud services provider for the DSB, alongside Datapipe as the Service Provision Provider (SPP)
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March 2, 2017The ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau today announced that registration for the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) platform is open. The UAT environment is functionally complete and will enable prospective users of the DSB to complete testing before the October 2017 go-live.
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January 19, 2017The Association of National Numbering Agencies today announced that Emma Kalliomaki has been confirmed as managing director of ANNA, as well as the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) and the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB).
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January 16, 2017Registration opens today for early testing of FIX connectivity to the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), which will will began 1 February. 2017. To register, email the DSB at technical.support@anna-dsb.com.
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January 9, 2017ANNA has published the fee model consultation paper for the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau. This industry consultation seeks comments on a proposed fee model that supports cost-recovery principles in fees charged for the numbering agency functions of the DSB.
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December 23, 2016ANNA has responded to industry requests for more time to respond to the DSB industry consultations with extended response deadlines. The new response schedules are as follows
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December 22, 2016ANNA announces that 1 July 2017 is the global start date for issuance of updated Classification of Financial Instruments and Financial Instrument Short Name codes.
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December 19, 2016ANNA has opened its second industry consultation on key technical and operational aspects of the NNA Derivatives Service Bureau.
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December 9, 2016With the publication of the DSB Product Committee Phase 1 consultation document, ANNA today launched the industry consultation related to the work of the Product Committee.
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December 7, 2016ANNA is pleased to announce the membership of the Product Committee determining the specifications and maintaining the technical integrity of the ISIN for OTC derivatives.
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November 30, 2016ANNA is inviting industry comment on key decisions related to the development of the numbering agency function of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB). Three industry consultations are currently scheduled.
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November 23, 2016Concerns about the governance and pricing of the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau are generating a great deal of background noise among some trade associations and data vendors. We believe this may be due to lack of information. The following status report is a more detailed overview of where we are in developing the business structure of the DSB, particularly in regard to pricing and governance.
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November 8, 2016At the request of potential applicants and to continue collaboration with industry participants, the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) is pleased to announce they will extend the submission deadline for the Product Committee of the Derivatives Service Bureau to November 15 2016.
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November 7, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced access to the demo website that will enable users to interact with the Derivatives Service Bureau which is currently under development. The ANNA DSB Demo allows users to create new ISINs, search for existing identifiers and download ISIN data attributes.
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November 1, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced the official launch of its search for the Service Provision Provider of the Derivatives Service Bureau which is to provide ISINs for OTC derivatives. A request for proposal has been released.
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October 25, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced the publication of formation details and the application for participation in product governance of the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau.
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October 13, 2016ANNA responds to the call for comment by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on their second consultative report on the Harmonization of the Unique Product Identifier.
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October 13, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced it has extended its relationship with Etrading Software Ltd. (ETS), which has served as the technical partner for the development of the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), to include management services
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October 11, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced the availability of specifications for connecting its Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) to trading platforms and front office systems. The connectivity is based on the messaging protocol of the FIX Trading Community
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October 10, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced its engagement of BearingPoint as a Trusted Advisor in the development of the ANNA Derivatives Service Bureau for ISINs for OTC derivatives. BearingPoint, an international management and technology consulting firm, is one of the largest management consultancies in Europe.
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September 27, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced membership-supported plans to spin off the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB) into its own Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) as a subsidiary. In addition, ANNA will create another subsidiary SPV to house the new Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB)
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September 20, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced plans to extend the functionality of the allocation engine for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for OTC derivatives to support the FIX derivatives taxonomy and other open-standard product taxonomies.
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September 14, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) today announced that under a consulting contract with Etrading Software, a London-based professional services technology firm, the core functionality of the allocation engine for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for OTC derivatives has been Implemented.
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September 6, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) welcomes and supports the position taken on 19 July by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee in its proposed amendments to the "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus ...
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March 21, 2016The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), welcomes and supports the opinion of the European Central Bank of 17 March, in response to the "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading."
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June 24, 2015ANNA welcomes Dr. Tarek E. Abdel Bary, Deputy Chairman of MCDR of Egypt, and Ms. Zazil Miranda González, Vice President International Business at Indeval of Mexico, to its Board of Directors. The Board is now comprised of representatives from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.
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June 4, 2015The new CFI standard will extend to more derivatives types, including swaps, spot, forwards, strategies, and complex options. Counterparties in OTC transactions will now be able to self-generate CFIs, though numbering agencies will still allocate CFIs with new ISINs.
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November 20, 2014The ANNA Service Bureau now offers ISIN files enriched with the identifiers required for recordkeeping and reporting. This advance will offer a broader information set related to specific financial instruments, while eliminating the labor and complications of researching and integrating this information for use in trading, post-trade processing, risk management and regulatory reporting.
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September 10, 2014The latest version of the 22-year-old ISO 6166 standard, the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), addresses the continuing evolution of the international capital markets with coverage of even more instrument types, including exchange-traded and OTC derivatives and structured product instruments
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April 22, 2014“The spread of the ISIN and CFI standards across the world has been a remarkable achievement for an organization that is comprised of and managed by a volunteer group of highly placed professionals,” notes Dan Kuhnel, chairman of the ANNA board of directors. “We continue to foster emerging National Numbering Agencies, and we look forward to more additions to the group in 2014.”
ANNA in the News
“Bahrain Clear Becomes First Clearing House in the Middle East to Adopt ISIN-to-LEI Mapping Initiative”, August 23, 2021
“OTC Derivatives: The Identifier Debate Heats Up in Europe” by Chris Kentouris, FinOps Report, 21 May 2015
“ISINs-Plus: Will ANNA’s New Data Offering Be Embraced?” by Chris Kentouris, FinOps Report, 4 December 2014
“ANNA Enhances ISIN Records” by Michael Shashoua, Inside Reference Data, 20 November 2014
“Anna Updates ISIN Standard and Combines ISO Financial Standards to Develop Centralised Data Hub.” Blog, Reference Data Review, 12 September 2014
“ISIN Identifier Standard Widened For Regulatory Compliance” by Joanna Wright, Inside Reference Data, 11 September 2014