MT540: (18) Field 35B: Identification of the Financial Instrument
FORMAT
| Option B | [ISIN1!e12!c] [4*35x] |
(Identification of Security) (Description of Security) |
PRESENCE
Mandatory in mandatory sequence B
DEFINITION
This field identifies the financial instrument.
NETWORK VALIDATED RULES
At least Identification of a Security (Subfield 1) or Description of Security (Subfield 2) must be present; both may be present.
ISIN is used at the beginning of Identification of Security (Subfield 1) and must be composed of uppercase letters only.
USAGE RULES
When used in Description of Security (Subfield 2), codes must start and end with a slash '/'.
When an ISIN identifier is not used, one of the following codes must be used as the first characters of the Description of Security (Subfield 2):
[/2!a/] |
The ISO two-digit country code, followed by the national scheme number. |
[/TS/] |
Followed by the ticker symbol. |
[/XX/] |
Bilaterally agreed or proprietary scheme which may be further identified by a code or short description identifying the scheme used. |
[/4!c/] |
Code identifying the type of security identifier used. This code must be one published by ISO 20022 (ExternalFinancialInstrumentIdentificationTypeCode). |
Market Practice Rules
When available, ISIN must be used.
