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ISO 15022
Data Field Dictionary

MT540: (9) Field 20a: Reference

FORMAT

Option C :4!c//16x (Qualifier)(Reference)
Option U :4!c//52x (Qualifier)(UTI Reference)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in optional subsequence A1

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order

M/O

Qualifier

R/N

CR

Options

Qualifier Description

1

M

POOL

N

 

C

Pool Reference

 

or

PREA

N

 

C

Preadvice Message Reference

 

or

PREV

N

C7

C

Previous Message Reference

 

or

RELA

N

 

C

Related Message Reference

 

or

TRRF

N

 

C or U

Deal Reference

 

or

COMM

N

 

C

Common Reference

 

or

COLR

N

 

C

Collateral Reference

 

or

CERT

N

 

C

Certification Reference

 

or

CORP

N

 

C

Corporate Action Reference

 

or

CLCI

N

 

C

Client's Collateral Instruction Reference

 

or

CLTR

N

 

C

Client's Triparty Collateral Transaction Reference

 

or

PCTI

N

 

C

Processor Transaction Identification

 

or

TRCI

N

 

C

Triparty-Agent's/Service-Provider's Collateral Instruction Reference

 

or

TCTR

N

 

C

Triparty-Agent's/Service-Provider's Collateral Transaction Reference

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

CERT

Certification Reference

Reference assigned to a deposit.

CLCI

Client's Collateral Instruction Reference

Reference assigned to the instruction by the client.

CLTR

Client's Triparty Collateral Transaction Reference

Unique reference identifying the triparty collateral management transaction from the client's point of view.

COLR

Collateral Reference

Reference assigned to a collateral transaction linked to the settlement transaction.

COMM

Common Reference

Unique reference agreed upon by the two trade counterparties to identify the trade.

CORP

Corporate Action Reference

Reference assigned by the account servicer to unambiguously identify a related corporate action event.

PCTI

Processor Transaction Identification

Identification of the transaction assigned by the processor of the instruction other than the account owner the account servicer and the market infrastructure.

POOL

Pool Reference

Collective reference identifying a set of messages.

PREA

Preadvice Message Reference

Message reference of the preadvice (:23G:PREA) previously sent.

PREV

Previous Message Reference

Message reference of the linked message which was previously sent.

RELA

Related Message Reference

Message reference of the linked message which was previously received.

TCTR

Triparty-Agent's/Service-Provider's Collateral Transaction Reference

Unique reference identifying the triparty-agent/service-provider collateral management transaction from the triparty-agent's/service-provider's point of view.

TRCI

Triparty-Agent's/Service-Provider's Collateral Instruction Reference

Reference assigned to the instruction by the triparty-agent/service-provider.

TRRF

Deal Reference

Reference assigned to the trade by the Investment Manager OR the Broker/Dealer. This reference will be used throughout the trade life cycle to access/update the trade details.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Reference must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//'.

Market Practice Rules

  • Linkages:

    A global market practice for the use of the linkage sequence and references exists for various business scenarios such as cancellations, settlement confirmation but also more complex processes like pair-off, back-to-back, ETC.

  • Block trade:

    The use of pool reference is mandatory for block trades to link parent and children instructions.

  • Sell/buy - buy/sell back settlement:

    The closing leg must be linked to the opening leg using the message reference of the opening leg in the linkage subsequence A1 field 20C::PREV.

  • Securities lending and borrowing settlement:

    The borrowing/lending closing leg must be linked to the borrowing/opening leg.

For more details, see the relevant market practice document on www.smpg.info.

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