CFTC Extends Designation of DTCC-SWIFT as LEI Provider

The CFTC issued an order to extend the designation of the utility operated by DTCC-SWIFT as the provider of legal entity identifiers ("LEIs"), pursuant to the CFTC's swap data recordkeeping and reporting rules. The DTCC-SWIFT utility – which initially had been referred to as the CICI utility on the utility's Web site and in educational and other materials – is now known to the public as the Global Markets Entity Identifier utility.

See: CFTC Press Release.See also: Global Markets Entity Identifier Utility Web Site.Related news: CFTC Extends Designation of DTCC-SWIFT as LEI Provider (Fed. Reg.) (July 28, 2014).