First published on TabbFORUM, 25 June 2025. A universal language Consensus-based financial standards developed by the relevant committees of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) are built upon principles such as relevance, global applicability, regular updates, and accessibility. As an…
Drawn from her keynote speech given at our General Meeting in Split, Croatia, this blog, authored by our Vice Chair Laura Stanley highlights the often overlooked, but absolutely essential to capital markets subject: standards—and specifically, the power of harmonised standards…
See insights from ANNA and DTIF in the GDF 2024 Annual Report here
The ANNA-DTIF Task Force, in collaboration with industry stakeholders, has released an updated version of the DTI-ISIN Guide. This latest update focuses on revising the criteria for the allocation of DTI Functionally Fungible Groups (FFGs) and their relationship to XT ISINs, aiming to enhance clarity and consistency in the identification process.
“Four decades ago we were a ‘start-up’ membership association in a highly fragmented industry, driven by a clear need for standardisation. Today, we are a mature organisation and a mechanism that both industry and regulators rely on. This is the single biggest change ANNA has gone through and we don’t plan to stop here. We have the people, the skills and the experience to respond to evolving industry requirements as we set our sights on emerging developments that will benefit from expanding cross-industry collaboration efforts and standardisation.”
Laura Stanley is the Director of Symbology at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and the ViceChair of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) Board of Directors. She participates inseveral ANNA working groups and task forces and also serves…
As we look back to 2023, we are reminded of all the outstanding accomplishments of the year. We held two General Meetings, welcomed new members, appointed a new Chair and Director, completed the implementation of the revised ISO 6166, issued…
As part of our work on Digital Assets, ANNA has collaborated with the Digital Token IdentifierFoundation (DTIF) to allow the phased introduction of new ISINs to identify crypto assets to furtheroptimise and automate more comprehensive data sets within both ISO…
ARTICLE - Finadium By Anna Reitman, 16th November 2023 The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF) announced the next phase of aligning reference data standards for crypto assets. We speak with Stephan Dreyer, managing director at…
