MT 564 Scope

This message is sent by an account servicer (account servicing institution) to an account owner or its designated agent. The account servicer may be a local agent (sub-custodian) acting on behalf of their global custodian customer, or a custodian acting on behalf of an investment management institution or a broker/dealer.

This message is used to provide an account owner with the details of a corporate action event along with the possible elections or choices available to the account owner. It can be initially sent as a preliminary advice and subsequently replaced by another MT 564 with complete or confirmed information.

This message will also be used to provide the account owner with details of the impact a corporate action event will have on a safekeeping or cash account, eg, entitlement calculation.

This message may also be sent by an information provider, such as a market data provider or a stock exchange, to provide details of a corporate action event.

This message may also be used to: