DTCCâS Legal Entity Identifier Service, GMEI Utility, Readies Industry For MiFID II Implementation - Received Official Accreditation From The GLEIF And Maintains Leadership Role - SIX Collaborates With DTCCâs Subsidiary Operating The GMEI Utility To Issue LEIs In Switzerland

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that its subsidiary operating the Global Markets Entity Identifier utility (GMEI utility) continues to operate as the largest legal entity identifier (LEI) issuer, by share of the total LEIs issued worldwide, in the run-up to MiFID II implementation. Having issued more than 240,000 LEIs to entities from over 200 jurisdictions, representing approximately 50% share, the GMEI utility is best-placed to help the industry ready itself before the regulation comes into force.