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​Global LEI authority warns it may not be able to issue enough codes by year-end

By Neil Roland ( July 25, 2017, 22:15 GMT | Insight) -- Global authorities are bracing for a surge in legal entity identifier registrations at year-end that could disrupt trading under Europe's revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive as its start date approaches. The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation may not be able to issue enough identification codes to traders in the EU to immediately accommodate this expected registration spike, foundation Chief Executive Stephan Wolf told MLex.Global authorities are bracing for a surge in legal entity identifier registrations at year-end that could disrupt trading under Europe's revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive as its start date approaches....

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