MT538 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 the details of increases and decreases in securities with a given status within a holding, that is, inter-position transfers, which occurred during a specified period, for all or selected securities in a specified safekeeping account which the account servicer holds for the account owner.

This message may also be used to respond to a request for statement/status advice, that is, the MT 549 Request for Statement/Status Advice and to report that there are no increases and decreases within a holding.

MT538 Format Specifications

Status Tag Qualifier Generic Field Name Detailed Field Name Content/Options No.

Mandatory Sequence A General Information

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

GENL

1

M

28E

 

 

Page Number/Continuation Indicator

5n/4!c

2

O

13a

STAT

Number Identification

Statement Number

A or J

3

M

20C

SEME

Reference

Sender's Message Reference

:4!c//16x

4

M

23G

 

 

Function of the Message

4!c[/4!c]

5

O

98a

PREP

Date/Time

Preparation Date/Time

A, C, or E

6

M

69a

STAT

Period

Statement Period

A or B

7

----->

O

22F

4!c

Indicator

(see qualifier description)

:4!c/[8c]/4!c

8

-----|

-----> Optional Repetitive Subsequence A1 Linkages

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

LINK

9

O

13a

LINK

Number Identification

Linked Message

A or B

10

M

20C

4!c

Reference

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//16x

11

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

LINK

12

-----| End of Subsequence A1 Linkages

O

95a

ACOW

Party

Account Owner

P or R

13

M

97a

SAFE

Account

Safekeeping Account

A or B

14

M

17B

ACTI

Flag

Activity Flag

:4!c//1!a

15

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

GENL

16

End of Sequence A General Information

-----> Optional Repetitive Sequence B Financial Instrument

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

FIN

17

M

35B

 

 

Identification of the Financial Instrument

[ISIN1!e12!c]
[4*35x]

18

Optional Subsequence B1 Financial Instrument Attributes

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

FIA

19

O

94B

PLIS

Place

Place of Listing

:4!c/[8c]/4!c[/30x]

20

----->

O

22F

4!c

Indicator

(see qualifier description)

:4!c/[8c]/4!c

21

-----|

----->

O

12a

4!c

Type of Financial Instrument

(see qualifier description)

A, B, or C

22

-----|

O

11A

DENO

Currency

Currency of Denomination

:4!c//3!a

23

----->

O

98A

4!c

Date

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//8!n

24

-----|

----->

O

92A

4!c

Rate

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//[N]15d

25

-----|

----->

O

13a

4!c

Number Identification

(see qualifier description)

A, B, or K

26

-----|

----->

O

17B

4!c

Flag

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//1!a

27

-----|

----->

O

90a

4!c

Price

(see qualifier description)

A or B

28

-----|

----->

O

36B

4!c

Quantity of Financial Instrument

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//4!c/15d

29

-----|

----->

O

35B

 

 

Identification of the Financial Instrument

[ISIN1!e12!c]
[4*35x]

30

-----|

O

70E

FIAN

Narrative

Financial Instrument Attribute Narrative

:4!c//10*35x

31

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

FIA

32

End of Subsequence B1 Financial Instrument Attributes

-----> Mandatory Repetitive Subsequence B2 Sub-balance

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

SUBBAL

33

O

94a

SAFE

Place

Place of Safekeeping

B, C, or F

34

M

93A

FROM

Balance

Balance From

:4!c/[8c]/4!c

35

-----> Mandatory Repetitive Subsequence B2a Intra-Position Movement

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

INPOS

36

-----> Optional Repetitive Subsequence B2a1 Linkages

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

LINK

37

O

13a

LINK

Number Identification

Linked Message

A or B

38

M

20C

4!c

Reference

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//16x

39

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

LINK

40

-----| End of Subsequence B2a1 Linkages

M

36B

ESTT

Quantity of Financial Instrument

Quantity of Financial Instrument Settled

:4!c//4!c/15d

41

O

13a

LOTS

Number Identification

Lot Number

A or B

42

O

19A

COMT

Amount

Collateral Monitor Amount

:4!c//[N]3!a15d

43

M

93A

TOBA

Balance

Balance To

:4!c/[8c]/4!c

44

----->

M

98a

4!c

Date/Time

(see qualifier description)

A or C

45

-----|

O

22F

CAEV

Indicator

Corporate Action Event Indicator

:4!c/[8c]/4!c

46

O

70E

SPRO

Narrative

Settlement Instruction Processing Narrative

:4!c//10*35x

47

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

INPOS

48

-----| End of Subsequence B2a Intra-Position Movement

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

SUBBAL

49

-----| End of Subsequence B2 Sub-balance

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

FIN

50

-----| End of Sequence B Financial Instrument

Optional Sequence C Additional Information

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

ADDINFO

51

----->

O

95a

4!c

Party

(see qualifier description)

P, Q, or R

52

-----|

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

ADDINFO

53

End of Sequence C Additional Information

MT538 Network Validated Rules

MT538 Usage Rules