He will also be in charge of the powerful new Office of Financial Supervision.

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By Friday SIFMA should have a recommendation for the Office of Financial Research (OFR) on who should be in charge of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI), the first step toward improving global regulation.

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When customers--whether they be patients, parents of kids in school or those who use the post office-are not in charge of a service, severe problems result.

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