Bringing reliability to all sectors of the global financial markets

CUSIP Global Services is managed on behalf of the American Bankers Association (ABA) by FactSet Research Systems Inc., with a Board of Trustees that represents the voices of leading financial institutions.

Bringing reliability to all sectors of the global financial markets

CGS is a central figure within the
global securities marketplace, delivering tens of millions of identifiers for securities around the world. This includes:

  • 10 million CUSIPs for securities offered in the US and Canada, each with up to 70 related data attributes
  • The International Numbering System (CINS) for more than 30 million global instruments
  • 50+ years of information on corporate capital changes in the U.S. and Canada
  • ISINs for more than 20 million instruments
  • A directory of legal entity data for issuers, obligors and counterparties, including a link to the official LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) where available
  • Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) codes to group instruments with similar features
  • RED Codes that identify reference entities for credit default swaps
  • One-stop shopping for entity (LEI) and CGS instrument requests
  • Coverage of corporate, government, municipal and international securities; IPOs; preferred stock; funds; CDs; equity and debt issues; derivatives; U.S. and Canadian listed equity options; and syndicated loans