Standard Financial Identifiers

• Standard: ISO 17442
• Issuer: GLEIF-accredited Local Operating Units (LOUs)
• Format: 20 characters alphanumeric (e.g. 7H6GLXDRUGQFU57RNE97)
• Scope: Global; any legal entity participating in financial markets

The LEI is a globally unique identifier for legal entities. It was mandated by the G20 after the 2008 financial crisis to improve transparency in over-the-counter derivatives markets. Today it is required for trade reporting under MiFID II, EMIR, Dodd-Frank, and Basel III. The 20-character code encodes the issuing LOU (first 4 chars), entity-specific identifier (chars 5–18), and two check digits.

The GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation) maintains the global LEI registry as open data, including corporate hierarchy relationships (parent/child/ultimate parent). OreStudio imports this dataset to seed counterparties and, optionally, the party hierarchy during tenant provisioning.

• Standard: ISO 9362 (also called SWIFT BIC)
• Issuer: SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)
• Format: 8 or 11 characters (e.g. DEUTDEFF or DEUTDEDB)
• Scope: Banks and financial institutions with SWIFT membership

The BIC uniquely identifies a financial institution in the SWIFT messaging network. It encodes institution code (4 chars), country (2 chars), location (2 chars), and optional branch (3 chars). BICs are used in SWIFT MT messages and ISO 20022 MX messages for payment routing and settlement instructions. GLEIF publishes a LEI-to-BIC mapping dataset that allows counterparty BICs to be resolved from their LEIs; OreStudio imports this mapping.

• Standard: Proprietary (US SEC)
• Issuer: US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Format: Up to 10 digits (e.g. 0000789019 for Microsoft)
• Scope: Companies and individuals filing with the US SEC

The CIK is the SEC's internal identifier for all EDGAR filers — public companies, fund managers, and individuals required to file disclosures. Used when cross-referencing OreStudio counterparty records with US regulatory filings.

• Standard: ISO 6166
• Issuer: National Numbering Agencies (NNAs) per jurisdiction
• Format: 12 characters: 2-letter country code + 9-char NSIN + check digit (e.g. US0378331005 for Apple Inc.)
• Scope: Global; primary identifier for equities, bonds, and derivatives

The ISIN is the globally accepted primary identifier for securities and the one required by most regulatory reporting frameworks (MiFID II RTS 2, EMIR). It maps to the underlying national identifier (CUSIP for US, SEDOL for UK, etc.) via the issuing NNA. OreStudio uses ISINs as the primary instrument identifier in trade records.

• Standard: ANSI X9.6
• Issuer: CUSIP Global Services (operated by FactSet)
• Format: 9 characters: 6-char issuer + 2-char issue + check digit (e.g. 037833100 for Apple Inc.)
• Scope: US and Canadian equity and debt securities

CUSIP is the dominant identifier for North American securities. The first 6 characters identify the issuer; the next 2 characters identify the specific issue (equity class, bond maturity, etc.). An ISIN for a US security is US + CUSIP + check digit.

• Standard: Proprietary (London Stock Exchange Group)
• Issuer: LSEG
• Format: 7 characters alphanumeric: 6-char identifier + check digit (e.g. 0263494 for BP plc)
• Scope: UK and Irish securities; widely used internationally

SEDOL is the primary identifier for securities listed on UK and Irish exchanges. It is widely used in European fund administration and is embedded in the ISIN for UK securities (GB + SEDOL-derived).

• Standard: Open standard (Object Management Group)
• Issuer: Bloomberg (as the allocation agent)
• Format: 12 characters alphanumeric (e.g. BBG000B9XRY4 for Apple Inc.)
• Scope: Global; instruments across all asset classes including OTC

FIGI (formerly Bloomberg Global Identifier / BBGID) is an open, freely available identifier for financial instruments, including OTC derivatives that have no ISIN. Unlike CUSIP and SEDOL, the FIGI registry is public and downloadable. Each unique combination of instrument, exchange, and currency gets a distinct FIGI. The GLEIF DQ pipeline maps LEIs to FIGIs for OTC instrument identification.

• Standard: ISO 10383
• Issuer: SWIFT (on behalf of ISO)
• Format: 4 characters alphanumeric (e.g. XLON for London Stock Exchange, XNYS for New York Stock Exchange)
• Scope: Global; exchanges and trading venues

The MIC identifies a regulated exchange, trading platform, or systematic internaliser. MICs appear in trade reports (MiFID II transaction reporting requires the MIC of the execution venue), in ISIN suffixes, and in order routing instructions. OreStudio uses MICs when recording the execution venue of equity and listed derivative trades.

• Standard: Proprietary (LSEG / Refinitiv)
• Issuer: London Stock Exchange Group (formerly Thomson Reuters)
• Format: Variable length; ticker + exchange suffix (e.g. AAPL.O for Apple on NASDAQ, EUR=X for EUR/USD spot)
• Scope: Equities, FX, rates, commodities on LSEG data feeds

The RIC is the primary instrument identifier on Refinitiv (LSEG) data terminals and APIs. It encodes both the instrument and the market/contributor. OreStudio uses RICs in market data configurations that pull from Refinitiv feeds, and in fixing workflows where a Reuters rate is the authoritative source.

• Standard: Proprietary (Bloomberg L.P.)
• Issuer: Bloomberg
• Format: Ticker + market sector (Yellow Key), e.g. AAPL US Equity, EUR Curncy, US0003M Index
• Scope: Instruments accessible on Bloomberg Terminal

The Bloomberg ticker plus Yellow Key (asset class) uniquely identifies an instrument on the Bloomberg Terminal. OreStudio market data configurations that consume Bloomberg data reference instruments by their BBG ticker. Bloomberg also issues FIGIs (see above) as its open-standard equivalent.