ISSA Corporate Actions Information Sharing Platform

Reference material related to the ISSA Corporate Actions Principles

Update on corporate actions initiatives in Europe

2011-10:	CA initiatives in Europe	PDF 63 kB

ISSA support for ISMAG initative

ISSA supports the "Market Framework for Processing International Securities" released by ISMAG in March 2011. See ISSA's letter of endorsement.

Information about the International Securities Market Advisory Group (ISMAG) and their Market Framework can be found at the websites of either Euroclear or Clearstream.

Status Report South Africa

Strate Ltd., the Central Securities Depository of South Africa, has prepared an assessment of the South African market against the ISSA principles and of its leadership role in involving the issuer/agent community in an integrated and efficient corporate actions process.
2011-03:	Strate Report "ISSA Issuer Outreach"	PDF 110 kB

Rationalization of corporate action processing through outsourcing

A look at corporate actions from the viewpoint of an institutional asset manager, highlighting the need to increase processing efficiency and accuracy.
2011-02:	Lakyara Report Vol. 102	PDF 582 kB

Use of XBRL for financial reporting, including corporate actions and securities filings

Report by Nomura Research Institute Ltd. on the use of XBRL for financial reporting, and on areas where more precision is needed in order to fully exploit the potential of XBRL tagging.
2011-01:	Lakyara Report Vol. 97	PDF 571 kB

XBRL: Patch or Panacea?

2010-Wi:

Extract from Global Custodian Magazine, Winter 2010

PDF 2.6 MB

Corporate Actions Case Study by DTCC / XBRL / SWIFT

DTCC, SWIFT and XBRL US, supported by ISO, have launched an initiative in the United States to adopt XBRL to tag event announcement information generated by issuers and their agents, so as to be able to produce ISO standard messaging directly from issuer announcements. The use of XBRL technology enables issuers and their agents to use electronic data tagging technology already coming into use in several jurisdictions for regulatory financial reporting purposes. See the business case document released on June 17, 2010 for details and a real-life case study:
2010-06:	DTCC/XBRL/SWIFT CA case study	PDF 1.5 MB

Connexor by SIX Group

The Swiss market infrastructure operator, SIX Group, launched a web-based service ("Connexor") for financial instrument reference data capturing, life cycle management and supporting an electronic information flow between issuers, market infrastructures, intermediaries and vendors. Besides disseminating corporate action information, Connexor supports an automated allocation of ISIN codes, exchange listing, regulatory reporting and other services. The solution is being used in the Swiss market, it is however not limited to any market. See product description for details:
2010-06:	Connexor brochure	PDF 2.4 MB

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