LEI Definition
Legal Entity Identifier. A global 20-character alphanumeric code standardized under ISO 17442, used to identify financial market participants and legal entities globally.
Related Guides & Tools
- Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): Global Financial Identity Standards — A comprehensive guide on the international Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system and its regulatory role in global finance.
- Understanding the ISO 17442 Standard and LEI Code Structure — An anatomical breakdown of the 20-digit LEI format, detailing LOU prefixes, entity markers, and check digits.
- The ISO 7064 Mod 97-10 Check Character Algorithm Explained — A technical explanation of the Mod 97-10 checksum algorithm used to calculate and validate checking characters in LEI structures.
- SIC ↔ NAICS Concordance Crosswalk — Search and map old SIC codes to modern formats.