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regarding 3: Do you think that there is a possibility to transition across to ISIN, SEDOL, VALOR, etc.? Or will we be locked into CUSIPs for the forseeable fut
by asdfk-12 6y ago
regarding 3:
Do you think that there is a possibility to transition across to ISIN, SEDOL, VALOR, etc.? Or will we be locked into CUSIPs for the forseeable future?
regarding 5:
Would you be more specific about how Eikon 'isn't working?'
Thank you for the informative post : )
- lefstathiou 6y agoRe: #3 Doubtful IMO. I personally believe that ISINs are the most viable alternative (and far less expensive to license). The issue is that you will have to get the industry (or perhaps just JPM/BOA/CITI in the US) to stop quoting and executing everything with CUSIPS... I think the best fix here is a legislative one personally. CUSIPS along with all corresponding identifying data on a security should be public domain in my opinion. #5 I probably shouldn’t have said that, at this point my anecdotal observation on it is too dated. At the time I worked in banking and evaluated it for our team it did a lot but not enough, was pretty but challenging to figure out and everything was being “worked on”. Everyone I knew either had BBG or FactSet.