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Global LEI System
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Q2 2018
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Summary
State of play of LEI issuance and LEI growth potential           India features the highest LEI growth rate at country level in        Level 1 reference data corroboration
At the end of the second quarter of 2018, the total LEI          both the first and the second quarter of 2018 (100.5% in Q2           The business card information available with the LEI
population neared 1.2 million. Approximately 71,300 LEIs         2018). This trend could be attributed to the Reserve Bank of          reference data, e.g. the official name of a legal entity and its
were issued in the second quarter of 2018 compared to            India’s adoption of the LEI for large corporate borrowers.            registered address, is referred to as ‘Level 1’ data. It provides
approximately 167,000 in the first quarter. This represents                                                                            the answer to the question of ‘who is who’. The Level 1
a growth rate of 6.3 percent in the second quarter (first        Competition in the Global LEI System                                  data is considered fully corroborated if, based on the
quarter: 17.8 percent).                                                                                                                validation procedures in use by the LEI issuer responsible
                                                                 The report identifies the least and most competitive markets          for managing an LEI record, there is sufficient information
LEI issuance in the second quarter of 2018 confirms              of those with more than 1,000 LEIs, based on the number               contained in authoritative public sources to corroborate
that the market is well prepared to comply with the LEI          of LEI issuers providing services in the country. In the              the information that the legal entity has provided for the
requirements established under the European Union                second quarter of 2018, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and             record. If this is not the case, the business card information
revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID        the U.S. remained among the five least competitive markets.           available with an LEI record is classified as ‘entity-supplied
II) and Regulation (MiFIR), which took effect on 3 January       Bulgaria, Portugal, Malta, and South Africa were among the            only’. In the second quarter of 2018, the percentage of
2018. According to MiFIR, investment firms should obtain         five most competitive markets.                                        fully corroborated Level 1 reference data decreased to 76.1
LEIs from their clients before providing services which                                                                                percent (first quarter: 84.6 percent). This change reflects
would trigger related reporting obligations.                     LEI renewal rates                                                     the fact that the largest LEI issuer, Business Entity Data B.V,
                                                                                                                                       adjusted the status of a significant number of historic LEIs
 Reflecting this development, the European Securities and        In the second quarter of 2018, the overall renewal rate1 of
                                                                                                                                       under its management from ‘fully corroborated’ to ‘entity-
 Markets Authority (ESMA) confirmed on 20 June 2018 that         66.6 percent remained essentially unchanged compared to
                                                                                                                                       supplied only’. GLEIF is investigating the matter.
 transitional arrangements relevant to the LEI requirements      the previous two quarters. At the end of the second quarter
 under MiFID II / MiFIR introduced in December 2017 “will        of 2018, 84 percent of all LEIs were in good standing (no
 not be further extended”. The six-month temporary               change compared to the previous quarter). In the reporting            Statistics on the reporting of parent information by
 period “will last until the 2nd July 2018, including.” (On      period, these five countries demonstrated the highest                 legal entities
 20 December 2017, ESMA had stated that it allowed for a         renewal rates: Japan (90.1 percent), Finland (85.8 percent),          By the end of the second quarter of 2018, about 1.1 million
“period of six months that investment firms may provide a        Austria (79.9 percent), Switzerland (76.5 percent) and                LEI registrants representing 93 percent of the total LEI
 service triggering the obligation to submit a transaction       Norway (76.0 percent).                                                population reported information on direct and ultimate
 report to the client, from which it did not previously obtain                                                                         parents (previous quarter: 75 percent). The percentage of
 an LEI code, under the condition that before providing                                                                                legal entities that cited legal obstacles preventing them
                                                                 Transfer of LEIs
 such service the investment firm obtains the necessary                                                                                from providing or publishing parent information increased
 documentation from this client to apply for an LEI code         Following the accreditation of GS1 AISBL by GLEIF as an LEI
                                                                                                                                       substantially from 4 percent to 19 percent. This is due to a
 on his behalf.”) ESMA and national competent authorities        issuer, GS1 Germany GmbH transferred all LEIs under its
                                                                                                                                       change in reporting by one LEI Issuer, Business Entity Data
“have concluded that there is no need to extend the              management to GS1 AISBL. Going forward, GS1 Germany
                                                                                                                                       B.V. This change in reporting is erroneous and is expected
 initial six month period granted to support the smooth          GmbH will operate as a Registration Agent. (A Registration
                                                                                                                                       to be remediated during the third quarter of 2018.
 introduction of the LEI requirements under MiFIR.”              Agent helps legal entities to access the network of LEI
                                                                 issuing organizations responsible for performing LEI
                                                                 issuance and related services.)                                       1 This includes countries with at least 1,000 LEIs in total at the previous quarter-end date.

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Level 1 data report
Q2 2018

Active LEIs

Total Number of Active LEIs by Countries | Fig.-1

                                                                          28

                                                                                                              45,989
                                                                                        746                                                                                                 1,213
                                                                                               122                    23,018
                                                                                                       20,920
                           26,742                                                                                      4,065
                                                                                                       48,019          983
                                                                                              15,320
                                                                                                       105,869
                                                                                                                                                                   76
                                                                                                       12,175         2,732                                                                  21
                                                                                               84,468         7                              36                1         7
                                163,365                                                                           2,553                                    1         2
                                                                                               1,265    47                  5,261 12                                                    1,401               911 7,739
                                                      2,254                                                                                            4       5
                                                                                                87
                                                                                                     12           6                                            47             18
                                               3,185                                                                       133               276 1,591                             95
                                2,156                                                                                                                                   9,168           2         4,481
                                             19,435 17,668                                     5   6
                                        72                                          7    15               2        4            4                                                           506
                                                   853 38                                                                                    3                                                                            13
                                             3,592                                                   315                                 1
         1                                                                                    446 45                   4                                                     80                                                3          1,086
             2                                                13                                                                23 63                                   2
                                                                                                        5 7                                                                                 4,239
                                                50                                                                     10                                                                           575
                                                                                                                                    26                900                                                                8
                                                                                                                                                                    13                                      1
   438                                            204             1,460                                           19                4 15 2
                                                        22                                                                 25                                                                                                             74
                 61                                                                                                                              7                                                                                                 5
   1     210                                                                                                      22 25                                 896                                                                              79
                                                     642     99                                                                                                                                                 9,154
                                                                                                                                3
                                                        413 275                                                    1,081

                                                                                               3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1,082

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Active LEIs

Total LEI Trend-Top 5 Countries | Fig.-2                         Total LEI Trend-Top 5 LEI issuers | Fig.-3

Tsd.                                                             Tsd.

180                                                              400

160
                                                                 350

140
                                                                 300
120
                                                                 250
100
                                                                 200
 80

                                                                 150
 60

                                                                 100
 40

 20                                                               50

  0                                                                0

       Q3–2017            Q4–2017          Q1–2018     Q2–2018          Q3–2017                   Q4–2017                          Q1–2018                         Q2–2018

                      United States                                                      Business Entity Data BV
                      United Kingdom                                                     London Stock Exchange
                      Germany                                                            WM Datenservice
                      Netherlands                                                        Kamer van Koophandel (KvK)
                                                                                         InfoCamere
                      Italy

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Growth in Total Number of Active LEIs  

New LEI Issuance | Fig.- 4                                                                                                             LEI Forecast | Fig.-5
                                                                                                                                       Forecasted Active LEI   Actual Active LEI
Tsd.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1,200,000
1,400                                                                                                                                                                                 1,194,265             1,182,000
                                                                                                                                                   1,123,014              1,164,000
1,200                                                                                                                                  1,069,000

1,000
800
600                                                             Total LEI issued

400
200
                                                                 New issuance
0

                          Q3–2017                        Q4–2017                       Q1–2018                        Q2–2018              Q1–2018                             Q2–2018                           Q3–2018                           Q4–2018

Quarterly LEI Growth – Top 5 Countries | Fig.- 61                                                                                      Quarterly LEI Growth – Top 5 LEI issuers | Fig.-7

       100.5%
                                                                                                                                           106.1%

                                                                                                                                                                      52.4%

                                                                                                                                                                                                  35.9%
                                     24.7%                                                                                                                                                                               19.0%
                                                                    15.8%                          15.2%                                                                                                                                           15.4%
                                                                                                                           11.1%

                                                                                                                                           LEIL                       EQS                         Federal                KDD Slovenia              Bloomberg
       India                         Estonia                        Portugal                       Mexico                   Slovenia       (8)                        (15)                        Statistical Office     (3)                       (56)
       (9)                           (4)                            (5)                            (2)                      (2)                                                                   (4)
       Growth rate of countries                                                                                                            Growth rate of LEI issuers
       Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis                                                          Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis

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LEI Renewal Activity                                                                                                               LEI Renewal – Top 5 Countries | Fig.-91

                                                                                                                                      90.1%
LEI Renewal | Fig.- 8
                                                                                                                                                         85.8%
Tsd.

1,200                                                                                                                                                                              79.9%
                                                                                                   Total Active LEIs                                                                                         76.5%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       76.0%
1,000

800

600
                                                                         Active and verified LEIs
400
                                                                                                                                      Japan               Finland                   Austria                   Switzerland              Norway
200                                                                                                                                   (8)                 (23)                      (22)                      (12)                     (21)
0                                                                                                                                     Renewal ratios of countries
                                                                                                                                      Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis
              Q3–2017                               Q4–2017                             Q1–2018                       Q2–2018

                                                                                                                                   Reference Data Corroboration by LEI issuers

LEI non-Renewal (Lapsed LEIs) – Top 5 Countries | Fig.-101                                                                         Percentage of Fully Corroborated LEIs | Fig.- 11

       62.8%
                                     55.5%
                                                                    54.4%
                                                                                                                                           87.2%
                                                                                                   44.6%                 42.8%                                         84.8%                             84.6%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      76.1%

       Brazil                        United States                  Virgin Islands,                Mexico                Denmark
       (1)                           (163)                          British (18)                   (2)                   (48)

       Non-Renewal ratio of countries                                                                                                    Q3–2017                      Q4–2017                           Q1–2018                           Q2–2018
       Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis

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Competition amongst LEI issuers

Least Competitive (Most Concentrated) Markets | Fig.-121                                                                        Most Competitive (Least Concentrated) Markets | Fig.-131

       91.6%
                                     89.5%                           88.9%                         88.4%              86.8%

                                                                                                                                                                                21.0%                     23.3%                     24.2%
                                                                                                                                                      20.8%
                                                                                                                                   19.9%

       Italy                         Spain                           Netherlands                   United States      Finland      Bulgaria           Portugal                  Malta                      South Africa              Cyprus
       (87)                          (84)                            (93)                          (163)              (23)         (2)                (5)                       (3)                        (1)                       (5)

       Concentration score of countries                                                                                            Concentration score of countries
       Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis                                                  Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis

Transfers out of LEIs – Top 5 LEI issuers | Fig.-14                                                                             Transfers in of LEIs – Top 5 LEI issuers | Fig.-15
       22,848                                                                                                                      22,983

                                     810                                                                                                              667
                                                                     577                                                                                                        594
                                                                                                   268                                                                                                    316
                                                                                                                      139                                                                                                           138

       GS1 Germany                    Business                      WM                             London Stock       Insee        GS1 AISBL          Bloomberg                 Federal                   Business                   EQS
       (–)                            Entity Data BV                Datenservice                   Exchange           (56)         (25)               (56)                      Statistical Office        Entity Data BV             (15)
                                      (386)                         (121)                          (156)                                                                        (4)                       (386)

       Number of LEIs transferred out                                                                                              Number of LEIs transferred in
       Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis                                                  Total issuance in thousands at most recent quarter-end date in parenthesis

1 A
   nalysis includes only those countries with at least 1,000 LEIs in total at the previous quarter-end date.                                        © 2018 GLEIF and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Release date 2018-08-08 | Version 1.0 | Public
  The higher the percentage the more concentrated LEI management is with a single LEI issuer.
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Level 2 data report
Q2 2018

                                                                                                              1,109,522                                          Top 5 countries of the legal entities for
In May 2017, the process of enhancing the                                                                      legal entities reported                           level 2 reporting | Fig.-1

LEI data pool, by including ‘Level 2’ data                                                                     level 2 data in May 2017                           162,654
                                                                                                               through June 2018                                             125,083
to answer the question of ‘who owns whom’,                                                                                                                                                    90,527
                                                                                                                                                                                                            79,980
began. The graphic below provides infor-                                                                                                                                                                                    72,428
mation on direct and ultimate parent data
collected through June 20181.
                                                                                                                                                                  United    United           Germany         Spain           Italy
                                                                                                                                                                  States    Kingdom

                                Each legal entity reports information on its                                                                                                                          Each legal entity reports information on its
                                direct parent2:                                                                                                                                                       ultimate parent3:

    6%                                 6%                                  69%                               19%                                                               6%                             6%                              69%                            19%
    of legal entities                  of legal entities                  of legal entities                   of legal entities                                                of legal entities              of legal entities               of legal entities               of legal entities
    reported direct                    reported direct                    reported                            cited legal                                                      reported ulti-                 reported ulti-                  reported                        cited legal
    parents having                     parents who do                     having no                           obstacles                                                        mate parents                   mate parents                    having no                       obstacles
    an LEI4                            not have an LEI                    direct parent                       preventing                                                       having an LEI4                 who do not                      ultimate parent                 preventing
    (See next page for                                                    according to                        them from                                                        (See next page for             have an LEI                     according to                    them from
    additional details.)                                                  the definition                      providing or                                                     additional details.)                                           the definition                  providing or
                                                                          used                                publishing                                                                                                                      used                            publishing
                                                                                                              direct parent                                                                                                                                                   ultimate parent
                                                                                                              information                                                                                                                                                     information

1   Referenced to level 2 relationship record CDF concatenated file dated 04 July 2018
2    99.9% legal entities reported direct parent
3    99.9% legal entities reported ultimate parent
4   The definitions of ultimate and direct parent are based on percentage share of accounting consolidation as per LEI Regulatory Oversight Committee prescription.
     Related link https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/common-data-file-format/level-2-data-reporting-exceptions-format
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Level 2 data report
Q2 2018

Identification of the direct and ultimate parents of a legal entity with an LEI allows users
to research entities owned by individual companies. It provides a better understanding
of the entity from which a company or individual is buying goods or services or in which
it is investing. The following charts provide additional information on relationships where
the direct or ultimate parents are identified by an LEI.

Additional information on direct parents having an LEI                                                                                                        Additional information on ultimate parents having an LEI

  Validation status of the direct                                      Number of direct parents | Fig.-3                                                                       Validation status of the ultimate                                    Number of ultimate parents | Fig.-5
  parent relationship | Fig.-2                                                                                                                                                 parent relationship | Fig.-4

                                                                     Tsd.                                                                                                                                                                        Tsd.
                               3%                                                                                                                                                                          3%
  27%                          Partially                               14                                                                                                       33%                        Partially                                   9
  Fully                        corroborated                                                                                                                                     Fully                      corroborated
                                                                       12
  corroborated                                                                                                                                                                  corroborated                                                           7
                                                                       10
                                                                         8                                                                                                                                                                             5
                                                                         6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3
                                                                         4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       2
                                                                         2
                                                                         0                                                                                                                                                                             0
                                                                               1        2         3         4         5       5 plus                                                                                                                        1         2        3         4         5       5 plus
                                  70%                                                                                                                                                                          64%
                                  Entity supplied only                 Number of child entities per parent                                                                                                     Entity supplied only                 Number of child entities per parent

DISCLAIMER: All figures of this Global LEI System Business Report are derived from the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)‘s LEI-Common Data File (CDF) format version 2.1, Relationship Record (RR) CDF format version 1.1 and Reporting Exceptions format version 1.1 excluding LEIs with registration
statuses DUPLICATE, ANNULLED, MERGED and RETIRED. While every care has been taken in the compilation of this information, GLEIF will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused because of inaccuracy or error within the Global LEI System Business Report. The text and graphic
content of the Global LEI System Business Report may be used, printed and distributed ONLY with the copyright information displayed (© Copyright Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)).

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