Issuers you hold positions in are matched to the Global Company Database (GCD) via the results details view. This pulls information automatically for form population, issuer filing email addresses and from denominator websites.

There are currently three ways the system uses your position file data to match your results to GCD (in this order).

If you provide the issuer's LEI in your positions file, it'll be used to match directly to the GCD. In such cases, when you open up the result details, you will automatically see the match and be able to link straight to that GCD record from the result details.

Note: Because we have an exact match, it is not possible to override the GCD record to which the issuer has matched. If the LEI you have provided is incorrect, you should look to update this in your positions file.

If you do not provide the issuer's LEI, the ISIN of the instrument(s) in the result will be used instead. Integrating with ANNA, there are over 4.5 million ISINs in the GCD. If your result contains multiple ISINs, the system will look through each to find a match.

The company's Legal Name and LEI for a match made by ISIN will be displayed in the result details view.

In the edge case where your result contains multiple ISINs linked to different GCD records, the matched GCD records will be listed so you can select the correct one.

If you do not provide the issuer's LEI, and the system is unable to match with ISIN, it will use the IssuerName property from your positions file and try to make an exact match. If that fails, the best match from the GCD record is used. If there are many companies with a good match, you'll be shown a list of the GCD records in the result, and you can then select the record the company should be matched to.

Note: This match will persist and apply to all historical and future results for that issuer. If you have selected the wrong GCD record, you can change it, and the system will indicate that a user in your environment has already selected the GCD match.