MT 540 Field Specifications

10. Field 36B: Quantity of Financial Instrument: Quantity of Financial Instrument to be Paired-off

FORMAT

Option B :4!c//4!c/15d (Qualifier) (Quantity Type Code) (Quantity)

PRESENCE

Conditional (C15)

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 O PAIR N C15 B Quantity of Financial Instrument to be Paired-off

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

PAIR Quantity of Financial Instrument to be Paired-off Quantity of financial instrument of the linked instruction to be paired-off.

CODES

Quantity Type Code must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K36):

AMOR Amortised Value Quantity represents the current amortised face amount of a bond, eg, a periodic reduction of a bond's principal amount.
FAMT Face Amount Quantity expressed as the face amount of the principal of a debt instrument.
UNIT Unit Quantity expressed as a number, eg, a number of shares.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

The integer part of Quantity must contain at least one digit. A decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length (Error code(s): T40, T43).

USAGE RULES

The use of this field for partial pair-off must be pre-agreed between the message Sender and Receiver.