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Will OFR research the JPM trading loss?
I started a quick WiKiPedia page to cover the highlights of the JPM trading loss. Was wondering if OFR will research this event...
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Rick (Richard)
Assorted current links on LEI progress
Looks like steady LEI progress at this point.
No general news release or tech papers released around FSB LEI Workshop 3/28/12
Last ...
Irina S.
ISO Agrees To Remove LEI Registration Role waterstechnology.com
Swift will continue work on legal entity identifier despite International Organization for Standardization's decision to remove the role of registration authority...
Arthur A.
On party-line vote, House Financial Services Committee passes bill that would abolish the OFR
The American Banking Association is reporting that the House Financial Services Committee approved on Tuesday a bill that includes ...
Arthur A.
Time Magazine names Andrew Lo one of world's 100 Most Influential People
Citing among other distinctions his role in helping to establish the OFR, Time Magazine has listed MIT professor Andrew Lo as one of the ...
If Adam Smith had a mind meld with Charles Darwin, Andrew Lo might result. A professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, Lo is known for his multidisciplinary approach to finance, using everything from statistical analysis...
Jefferson
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) developments at the FSB
I recently attended the LEI Workshop conducted by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on March 28 in Basel, Switzerland at the offices ...
Arthur A.
From the NY Times, another example of the need for the OFR
“We’ve managed over the past few years to equip the traders with Ferraris,” said Richard Bentley, the vice president for capital markets ...
The breakdown on the BATS Global Markets exchange was stunning, but market disruptions have been common enough to rattle some investors’ confidence.
Rick (Richard)
SWIFT Exec comments on LEI
See link... here are a few quotes:
Can entities which have already received provisional LEIs count on those being the same ones they ...
Arthur A.
OFR Releases Strategic Framework
The Office of Financial Research (OFR) released yesterday its Strategic Framework for FY 2012 to FY 2014. As described by Treasury, the ...
http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/Treasurys-Office-of-Financial-Research-Releases-FY-2012-2014-Strategic-Framework.aspx
Irina S.
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FSB: Legal Entity Identifier Expert Group and Industry Advisory Panel regreformtracker.aba.com
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced last week the creation of a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Expert Group. The LEI Expert Group will be made up of public officials from around the world and supported by an industry...
Rick (Richard)
Provisional LEI database due out in a few days
Its anticipated this release will contain several thousand 20 digit LEIs covering all of the top tier of the reportable swap industry. ...
Q&A from SIFMA sifma.org
Building a Global Legal Entity Identifier Webinar -- Q&A
Arthur A.
President Nominates Richard Berner to lead OFR
Please join me in offering congratulations and, especially, best wishes to Dick Berner on his nomination to be the first Director of the ...
Richard Berner, former chief US economist at Morgan Stanley, has been tapped to run the Office of Financial Research, a new federal office charged with mining market data to help US policymakers avert potential crises. The...
Rick (Richard)
Full set of OFR technical presentations released and downloadable as of today.
Jonathan Sokobin, Chief of Analytical Strategy for the OFR (responsible for the design, development and management for all aspects of ...
Irina S.
