MT 360 Guidelines

  1. Conversion Table

    The following is a conversion table between the ISDA and the AFB terms.

    Where applicable, the field names used in the MTs 36n are based on the ISDA terms and definitions.

    For swaps agreed under the AFB master agreement, the following table provides the correspondence between ISDA and the AFB terms. For the fields which are not present in this table, the same terms are valid under both agreements.

    # FIELD ISDA term AFB term
     
    10 Trade Date Trade Date Transaction Date
    11 Effective Date Effective Date Commencement Date
    12 Termination Date Termination Date Maturity Date
    29 Day Count Fraction Day Count Fraction Calculation Basis
    32 Financial Centre Business Days Financial Centre
    35 Cap Rate Cap Rate Cap Rate Guarantee
    36 Floor Rate Floor Rate Floor Rate Guarantee
    38 Reset Date Specifications Reset Date Specifications Floating Rate Calculation Date
    39 Averaging Frequency Averaging Frequency not defined
    40 Designated Maturity Designated Maturity Floating Rate Interval
    48 Spread Spread not defined
    49, 51 Compounding Compounding not defined

  2. Cancellation of a Message

    The MT 392 can also be used for cancellation. The following issues however, have to be considered:

  3. Settlement Details

    The table below shows how the different settlement parties involved in the deal can be identified. The table is presented from party A's point of view.

    Whenever possible, users should use option A to identify institutions in these fields. Use of free text, ie, option D, except when used to specify recognized code words, is strongly discouraged. Option D not only precludes party B from matching and further processing the message automatically but also is contrary to the message text standards which state that option D is only to be used when no other option is available.

    Note: It is only necessary to quote an account number when multiple accounts are serviced for the same institution.