MT548: (7) 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

 

C

Previous Reference

 

or

RELA

N

C7

C

Related Reference

 

or

TRRF

N

 

C

Deal Reference

 

or

COMM

N

 

C

Common Reference

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

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 Reference

Reference of the linked message which was previously sent.

RELA

Related Reference

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, RELA, COMM and TRRF references must not appear more than once in the message.