During 2014 Strate’s regulator, the Financial Services Board (FSB), announced that Strate had been allocated a globally unique four-digit prefix that it will use to issue Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs). Strate has now applied to become a fully-operational local operating unit (LOU) to the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC).
The LEI is a 20-digit, alpha-numeric code, to uniquely identify legally distinct entities that engage in financial transactions. It has been designed as a globally recognised standard (through ISO 17442) that can be applied to any organisation or firm involved in a financial transaction internationally. It enables a quick and reliable assessment of market participant’s financial transaction exposures to one another to identify potential risk across the financial system. While regulators can monitor these risks, companies are able to better analyse their operational risks and proactively mitigate them.
The LEI is a solution to overcome the fragmented system of identifying companies to mitigate systemic risk and address vulnerabilities across international financial markets.
The ROC is a committee of global regulators established after recommendations by the international Financial Stability Board and subsequently endorsed by the Group of 20 nations that endorses LOUs to issue LEIs. The ROC endorsement is a prerequisite for using LEIs for reporting both local and international financial transactions.
Should Strate’s endorsement as a pre-LOU be approved, any legal entity seeking an LEI will be able to submit its application through Strate’s LEI service, along with the required supporting documentation.
Strate will continue to provide feedback on the progress of this application.
