MT545: (9) Field 20C: Reference

FORMAT

Option C :4!c//16x (Qualifier)(Reference)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory subsequence A1

QUALIFIER

 

Order

M/O

Qualifier

R/N

CR

Options

Qualifier Description

1

M

POOL

N

 

C

Pool Reference

 

or

PREV

N

C9

C

Previous Message Reference

 

or

RELA

N

C11

C

Related Message Reference

 

or

TRRF

N

 

C

Deal Reference

 

or

COMM

N

 

C

Common Reference

 

or

COLR

N

 

C

Collateral Reference

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

COLR

Collateral Reference

Reference assigned to a collateral transaction linked to the settlement transaction.

COMM

Common Reference

Unique reference agreed upon by the two trade counterparties to identify the trade.

POOL

Pool Reference

Collective reference identifying a set of messages.

PREV

Previous Message Reference

Message reference of the linked message which was previously sent.

RELA

Related Message Reference

Message reference of the linked message which was previously received.

TRRF

Deal Reference

Reference assigned to the trade by the Investment Manager OR the Broker/Dealer. This reference will be used throughout the trade life cycle to access/update the trade details.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Reference must not start or end with a slash '/' and not contain two consecutive slashes '//' .

USAGE RULES

When no reference is available for the instruction, eg, the instruction was sent by fax, the Related Reference (RELA) must be :20C::RELA//NONREF.

POOL and COMM references must not appear more than once in the message.

For more details, see the relevant market practice document on www.smpg.info