Show/Hide TOC

MT 306 Guidelines

  1. Cancellation of a Message

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

  2. Exercise and Settlement

    When an option can be exercised before maturity, the possibility to settle at maturity or at hit must be specified.

    Options Style Exercise Settlement Field
    Vanilla American Any Time Expiration Sequence B/30F
    Vanilla American Any Time Hit Sequence B/30J
    Vanilla Bermudan Fixed Dates Expiration Sequence B/30F
    Vanilla Bermudan Fixed dates Hit Sequence B/30J
    Vanilla European Expiration Date Expiration Sequence B/30F
    Binary European Any Time Expiration Sequence B/30F
    Binary American Any Time Hit Sequence B/30J
    No Touch European Any Time Expiration Sequence B/30F
    Digital European Expiration Date Expiration Sequence B/30F

  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, that is, 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.

    Option J is only used when exchanging messages with fund managers.

    Normally, the beneficiary is party A for the amount bought and party B for the amount sold. If party A or party B forwards the funds to an ultimate beneficiary institution, this institution is included in field 58a.

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