In the aftermath of the SIFMA conference in New York last month, the CFTC will require LEIs, or LEI Lite (some interim identification standard), for swaps reporting by September while the G20 is asking for global participation in developing the global LEI standard and implementing it by March 2013, a somewhat slower schedule.

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Tony Concil, a spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) admits that implementing this global standard will not be easy.

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