MT549 Scope

This message is sent by an account owner to an account servicer (account servicing institution). The account owner may be a global custodian which has an account with its local agent (sub custodian) or an investment management institution or a broker/dealer which has an account with their custodian.

It is used to request one of the following statements:

It is also used to request one of the following status messages:

MT549 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

STAT

Date/Time

Statement Date/Time

A or C

4

O

69a

STAT

Period

Statement Period

A or B

5

M

13A

REQU

Number Identification

Requested Message Type

:4!c//3!c

6

O

95a

ACOW

Party

Account Owner

P or R

7

M

97a

SAFE

Account

Safekeeping Account

A or B

8

----->

O

22F

4!c

Indicator

(see qualifier description)

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

9

-----|

-----> Optional Repetitive Subsequence A1 Linkages

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

LINK

10

O

13a

LINK

Number Identification

Linked Message

A or B

11

M

20C

4!c

Reference

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//16x

12

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

LINK

13

-----| End of Subsequence A1 Linkages

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

GENL

14

End of Sequence A General Information

-----> Optional Repetitive Sequence B Statement by Status/Reason and/or by Financial Instrument

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

BYSTAREA

15

O

25D

4!c

Status

(see qualifier description)

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

16

----->

O

24B

4!c

Reason

(see qualifier description)

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

17

-----|

----->

O

35B

 

 

Identification of the Financial Instrument

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

18

-----|

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

BYSTAREA

19

-----| End of Sequence B Statement by Status/Reason and/or by Financial Instrument

-----> Optional Repetitive Sequence C By Instruction Reference

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

REF

20

----->

M

20C

4!c

Reference

(see qualifier description)

:4!c//16x

21

-----|

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

REF

22

-----| End of Sequence C By Instruction Reference

Optional Sequence D Additional Information

M

16R

 

 

Start of Block

ADDINFO

23

----->

O

95a

4!c

Party

(see qualifier description)

P, Q, or R

24

-----|

M

16S

 

 

End of Block

ADDINFO

25

End of Sequence D Additional Information

MT549 Network Validated Rules

MT549 Usage Rules