FactSet announced late last month that it is acquiring CUSIP Global Services (CGS) — a provider of identifiers for securities — from S&P Global for $1.925 billion in order to grow its data management offerings, and raise company and brand awareness in security issuance, settlement, back-office operations, and trading. “A CUSIP number is a unique… Read More >>
Global LEI Overseer Officially Blesses DTCC’s GMEI
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) utility subsidiary of post-trade infrastructure provider DTCC has gotten an official accreditation from a global overseer that will boost the number of LEIs in the system and bolster the initiative, says Ron Jordan, managing director, chief data officer at the DTCC. In fact, the blessing from the Global Legal Entity… Read More >>
