标准编号:ISO 17442:2019
中文名称:金融服务 法律实体标识符(LEI)
英文名称:Financial services — Legal entity identifier (LEI)
发布日期:2019-04
标准范围
This document specifies the minimum elements of an unambiguous legal entity identifier (LEI) scheme
to identify the legal entities relevant to any financial transaction.
It is applicable to legal entities, which include, but are not limited to, unique parties that are legally
or financially responsible for the performance of financial transactions or have the legal right in their
jurisdiction to enter independently into legal contracts, regardless of whether they are incorporated
or constituted in some other way (e.g. trust, partnership, contractual). It includes governmental
organizations, supranationals and individuals when acting in a business capacity , but excludes natural
persons.
The LEI is designed for automated processing. It can also be conveniently used in other media
interchange when appropriate (e.g. paper document exchange).
NOTE Examples of eligible legal entities include, without limitation:
— all financial intermediaries;
— banks and finance companies;
— all entities that issue equity, debt or other securities for other capital structures;
— all entities listed on an exchange;
— all entities that trade stock or debt; investment vehicles, including mutual funds, pension funds and
alternative investment vehicles constituted as corporate entities or collective investment agreements
(including umbrella funds as well as funds under an umbrella structure, hedge funds, private equity funds);
— all entities under the purview of a financial regulator and their affiliates, subsidiaries and holding companies;
— sole traders (as an example of individuals acting in a business capacity);
— counterparties to financial transactions.