MT530: (20) Field 35B: Identification of the Financial Instrument

FORMAT

Option B [ISIN1!e12!c]
[4*35x]
(Identification of Security)
(Description of Security)

PRESENCE

Optional in optional sequence C

DEFINITION

This field identifies the financial instrument.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

At least Identification of a Security (Subfield 1) or Description of Security (Subfield 2) must be present; both may be present .

ISIN is used at the beginning of Identification of Security (Subfield 1) and must be composed of uppercase letters only .

USAGE RULES

When used in Description of Security (Subfield 2), codes must start and end with a slash '/'.

When an ISIN identifier is not used, one of the following codes must be used as the first four characters of the Description of Security (Subfield 2):

[/2!a/]

The ISO two-digit country code, followed by the national scheme number.

[/TS/]

Followed by the ticker symbol.

[/XX/]

Bilaterally agreed or proprietary scheme which may be further identified by a code or short description identifying the scheme used.

When available, ISIN must be used.