ANNA Announces Management Body Appointment, a new Partnership and Global NNA Transfers to Drive Global Financial Data Standards

WHY THIS MATTERS

The re-election of Cristina Ribó Sörensen to the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) management body, alongside structural updates in China, Sri Lanka, and Brunei, addresses a critical operational priority for global capital markets: the modernization of financial data standards for the digital asset era. As trading desks rapidly expand into tokenized securities, smart contracts, and decentralized finance networks, legacy classification structures are facing an intense data-alignment challenge. Robust international identification tools like International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) are fundamental to maintaining transparency and regulatory reporting compliance across borders. By re-electing an experienced market regulator from Spain’s CNMV and establishing new standard-setting partnerships in growing Asian financial centers, ANNA is ensuring that as financial market infrastructure transitions onto blockchain platforms, the underlying data elements remain secure, interoperable, and fully standardized to prevent market fragmentation or tracking errors.

The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) the global association dedicated to the support of efficient capital markets through the use of widely embraced International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards, announced today that it has re-elected Cristina Ribó Sörensen Deputy Director at the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) as Director of the ANNA Management Body.

Additionally ANNA announced a new Partner approval for Brunei Darussalam: the Bursa Brunei Darussalam Sdn Bhd. Member transfer applications from China and Sri Lanka were also confirmed.
For China, the National Numbering Agency (NNA) role is now held by China Securities Information Technology Service (CSTECH), transferring from the China Securities Industry Standardization Technical Committee (CSISC). In Sri Lanka, the NNA role has moved from the Colombo Stock Exchange to the Central Depository System (Pvt) Limited.

The appointment, partner approval and transfers were confirmed at ANNA’s General Meeting in Zurich, hosted by SIX Financial Information, the NNA for Switzerland, 11-12 June 2026. 

Cristina Sörensen manages Spain’s NNA, CNMV. The CNMV is the Spanish supervisory authority for the securities market, where Cristina is Deputy Director responsible for the Secondary Market Department reporting obligations and compliance. In addition to her role at ANNA, Cristina is also a board member for the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) and a major advocate of financial instrument identification, classification, and high-quality reference data.

On 10 June, preceding the General Meeting, an “ANNA Meets the Market” event was organised  as an opportunity for market participants and ANNA members to connect.

The ANNA Meets the Market day included a welcome and panel moderation from Marcus Müntener, Head Business Management & Risk, SIX Financial Information. Marion Leslie, Head Financial Information and Member of the SIX Executive Board gave a keynote on “The Future Of Financial Market Infrastructure – a Swiss Perspective”

The afternoon session centred around the topic of evolving standards with a panel discussion “From Identifiers to Infrastructure: Standards for the Digital Asset Era” moderated by Laura Stanley Director of Entity Data and Symbology at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and ANNA Vice Chair,  plus a keynote speech on the same topic from the ANNA Treasurer Slawomir Zajac.

The General Meeting opened with an address from Bjørn Sibbern – CEO, SIX.

Cristina Ribó Sörensen, Director of the ANNA Management Body commented: “I am delighted to continue serving on the ANNA Board as regulatory reporting and financial data standards continue to evolve across our industry.  Robust international identifiers remain fundamental to transparent, secure, and efficient markets, and by working collectively, we can advance data standards, elevate data quality, and ultimately support a more effective global financial ecosystem”.

The next ANNA General Meeting will be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2-4 December 2026.

FF NEWS TAKE

The ANNA General Meeting in Zurich highlights how global numbering networks are proactively modernizing their structural frameworks to keep pace with changing international regulatory expectations and financial innovation. Hosted by SIX Financial Information, the assembly approved Bursa Brunei Darussalam as an official partner while transferring national numbering agency responsibilities in China to China Securities Information Technology Service and in Sri Lanka to Central Depository System Limited. These operational handovers indicate a deliberate market shift toward placing standardized data governance under dedicated technical and market infrastructure operators rather than general advisory committees. Under the guidance of ANNA Vice Chair Laura Stanley and technology leads from the London Stock Exchange Group and SIX, the organization is accelerating the deployment of unified identifier frameworks for digital assets. By standardizing reference data across both public and private markets, ANNA is providing institutional participants with the baseline infrastructure needed to lower settlement risks and effectively navigate emerging digital financial systems.