MT584: (32) Field 20C: Reference: Master Reference

FORMAT

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

PRESENCE

Conditional (see rule C4) in mandatory subsequence B2

QUALIFIER

 

Order

M/O

Qualifier

R/N

CR

Options

Qualifier Description

1

O

MAST

N

 

C

Master Reference

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

MAST

Master Reference

Unique and unambiguous identifier used to link a group of individual transactions together.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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

USAGE RULES

This field is used when a block trade has all, or many, of its allocations with the same status.