2019 Silver sponsors
Bloomberg - OpenFIGI
Profile
Bloomberg supports Open Symbology and drives efforts to contribute to universal and standard systems for instrument and entity identification. This includes Bloomberg's responsibilities as a Registration Authority and Certified Provider for the Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI), under the auspices of the Object Management Group. FIGIs provide unique and reliable instrument identification across asset class. FIGIs, and associated data, can be accessed and downloaded for free from the OpenFIGI.com website.
Bloomberg is also an accredited Local Operating Unit (LOU) of the Global LEI System (GLEIS), authorized to create, assign and maintain LEIs, which are increasingly being used by regulators globally. LEI creation and retrieval functionality is provided at lei.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg LEI provides the most competitive LEI creation and maintenance service in the market, offering efficient service whilst driving costs down.
Bloomberg is an active participant in industry and regulatory efforts to develop and utilise standards for regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. This includes supporting new regulatory identifier initiatives, such as the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) for OTC derivatives.