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Stephan Wolf CEO at Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation
The obligations on legal entities to increase their corporate transparency continue to evolve, most notably in ESG and financial reporting. For ESG to be truly credible, however, both as a subset of financial reporting and as a standalone requirement, a global climate information architecture is sorely needed. Creating such an architecture, howeve...
24 November 2023 /regulation /identity Regulatory Reporting
According to EY’s 2021 Global Corporate Reporting Survey, 76% of the world’s major finance leaders back the need for globally consistent environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Stephan Wolf explains why ensuring a holistic entity identification mechanism through a global standard – such as the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) - is a fo...
04 February 2022 /regulation /identity
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank Limited, GLEIF, Cenfri and Cornerstone Advisory Plus recently collaborated to launch the first iteration of GLEIF’s digital business identity initiative in Africa. This has been a success for all involved, making it a model showcase for how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the...
17 November 2021 /inclusion /identity Financial Inclusion
By adjusting their onboarding processes financial institutions can enhance their client experience, reduce costs and pave the way for new cross border services, explains Stephan Wolf, CEO, Global LEI Foundation. It’s no secret that regulatory compliance doesn’t always sit comfortably with a bank’s desire to deliver a smooth, hassle free user experi...
09 November 2020 /security /identity Digital Identity Management
In a battle for significance, no other public facing business document can match the annual financial report. It is the document that a public corporation must, by law, publish to describe its operations and financial condition, and to chronicle its activities over the past twelve months. Shareholders, investors and the wider financial ecosystem m...
12 October 2020 /regulation /identity
The crucial role of the LEI in the EC’s AML-CTF legislative reforms In May 2020, the European Commission put forward a series of measures designed to strengthen the EU's fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, including an Action Plan for legislative reform of the EU’s AML-CTF framework in early 2021. Against a backdrop of rising c...
24 July 2020 /regulation
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