MT548 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 advise the status of a settlement instruction previously sent by the account owner (the function of the message is INST).

The message may also be used to report on future settlement or forward transactions, for example, free receipts for which no instruction is required, which have become binding on the account owner.

The underlying instruction must be either a deliver or receive and be either free or against payment.

It is also used to reply to a cancellation request previously sent by the account owner (the function of the message is CAST).

MT548 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

20C

SEME

Reference

Sender's Message Reference

:4!c//16x

2

M

23G

 

 

Function of the Message

4!c[/4!c]

3

O

98a

PREP

Date/Time

Preparation Date/Time

A, C, or E

4

-----> Mandatory Repetitive Subsequence A1 Linkages

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

LINK

5

O

13a

LINK

Number Identification

Linked Message

A or B

6

M

20C

4!c

Reference

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//16x

7

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

LINK

8

-----| End of Subsequence A1 Linkages

-----> Mandatory Repetitive Subsequence A2 Status

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

STAT

9

M

25D

4!c

Status

(see qualifier description)

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

10

-----> Optional Repetitive Subsequence A2a Reason

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

REAS

11

M

24B

4!c

Reason

(see qualifier description)

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

12

O

70D

REAS

Narrative

Reason Narrative

:4!c//6*35x

13

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

REAS

14

-----| End of Subsequence A2a Reason

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

STAT

15

-----| End of Subsequence A2 Status

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

GENL

16

End of Sequence A General Information

Optional Sequence B Settlement Transaction Details

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

SETTRAN

17

----->

O

94a

4!c

Place

(see qualifier description)

B, C, F, or H

18

-----|

M

35B

 

 

Identification of the Financial Instrument

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

19

----->

M

36B

SETT

Quantity of Financial Instrument

Quantity of Financial Instrument to be Settled

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

20

-----|

----->

O

19A

4!c

Amount

(see qualifier description)

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

21

-----|

O

95a

ACOW

Party

Account Owner

P or R

22

M

97a

SAFE

Account

Safekeeping Account

A or B

23

----->

M

22a

4!c

Indicator

(see qualifier description)

F or H

24

-----|

----->

M

98a

4!c

Date/Time

(see qualifier description)

A, B, C, or E

25

-----|

O

70E

SPRO

Narrative

Settlement Instruction Processing Narrative

:4!c//10*35x

26

-----> Optional Repetitive Subsequence B1 Settlement Parties

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

SETPRTY

27

M

95a

4!c

Party

(see qualifier description)

C, P, Q, or R

28

O

97a

SAFE

Account

Safekeeping Account

A or B

29

O

20C

PROC

Reference

Processing Reference

:4!c//16x

30

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

SETPRTY

31

-----| End of Subsequence B1 Settlement Parties

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

SETTRAN

32

End of Sequence B Settlement Transaction Details

Optional Sequence C Additional Information

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

ADDINFO

33

----->

O

95a

4!c

Party

(see qualifier description)

C, P, Q, or R

34

-----|

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

ADDINFO

35

End of Sequence C Additional Information

MT548 Network Validated Rules

MT548 Usage Rules