MT 515 Field Specifications
48. Field 35B: Identification of the Financial Instrument
FORMAT
| Option B |
[ISIN1!e12!c][4*35x] |
(Identification of Security)(Description of Security) |
PRESENCE
Optional
DEFINITION
This field identifies the underlying 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 (Error code(s): T17).
ISIN is used at the beginning of Identification of Security (Subfield 1) and must be composed of uppercase letters only (Error code(s): T12).
USAGE RULES
The financial Instrument field 35B in the Financial Instrument Attributes subsequence must only be used for the identification of the underlying instrument of a derivative.
When used in Description of Security (Subfield 2), codes must start and end with a slash '/'.
When an ISIN identifier is not used it is strongly recommended that one of the following codes be used as the first four 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. |
It is strongly recommended that the ISIN be used.
