ISO 10962
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ISO 10962 defines the structure and format for classification of financial instruments approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). There are many types of Financial Instruments used for saving, investing, trading, hedging and speculating. These instruments are generally organized in groups called "asset classifications." The most common asset classifications are generally described using terms like "Equities (Stocks)," "Debt (Bonds)," "Derivatives (Contracts)," "Currencies," and a few other generalized terms.
ISO 10962 provides a global standard for these classifications in the form of specific codes. Classification of financial instrument (CFI) Code is used to define and describe financial instruments as a uniform set of codes for all market participants.[1] The code is issued by the members of ANNA, the Association of National Numbering Agencies. The group is currently working to simplify the structure so that it can be adopted more widely by non-governmental market participants.
The letters from the ISO basic Latin alphabet in each position of this 6 character code reflect specific characteristics intrinsic to the financial instruments that are defined at the issue of the instrument, and which in most cases remain unchanged during the lifetime of the instrument (or by the market on which the instrument trades).[2]
History of ISO 10962 Modification
- Standard was first accepted and published in 1997 as ISO 10962:1997[3]
- Its first revision, published in 2001, was ISO 10962:2001[4]
- In 2006, FIX Protocol group published a proposal for changes of the standard for Consultation.[2]
- The last revised and accepted version of the standard is ISO 10962:2015 and was published by ISO in 2015.[5]
- As of April 2019, the next revision is in development as ISO/DIS 10962.[6]
Background and Goals of Introduction
Where distinct entities transact it is seen as helpful to establish a common transaction language. The CFI code is meant to provide the most comprehensive information possible, while at the same time maintaining the code manageability, provides a standard for identification of type of instrument and their main high level characteristics, determined by the intrinsic characteristics of the financial instrument, which would be independent of the individual names or conventions of a given country or financial institution. This principle avoids confusion arising from different linguistic usage as well as redundancy, while allowing an objective comparison of the instruments across markets.[2]
CFI codes also aim to simplify electronic communication between participants, improve understanding of the characteristics of financial instruments for the investors, and allow securities grouping in a consistent manner for reporting and categorization purposes.[1]
Structure of CFI Code
- The first character indicates the highest level of category to which the instrument belongs: Equities, Debt, Entitlements (Rights, Warrants), Options, Futures and Others (Miscellaneous).[7]
- The second character refers to specific groups within each category. For example, the subdivisions of the Equities category are: ordinary shares, preferred/preference shares, units, and others, while for the Debt instruments category, the subdivisions are: bonds, convertible bonds, money market instruments, and others.[7]
- The other four characters refer to each group's main features. For example, in the case of equities, whether they are voting or non-voting, restrictions, payment status, etc. In the case of Debt instruments, the type of interest (fixed or variable), guarantee, form of redemption, etc.[7]
- The letter X always means Not Applicable/Undefined.
Table of CFI Code Construction
Category | Group | Attribute 1 | Attribute 2 | Attribute 3 | Attribute 4 | Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D = Debt Instruments | (D-*-*-*-*-*) | |||||
B - Bonds | F - Fixed interest rate | (D-B-*-*-*-*) | ||||
C - Convertible Bonds | V - Variable interest rate | (D-C-*-*-*-*) | ||||
M - Miscellaneous | X - Not available | (D-M-*-*-*-*) | ||||
T - Medium-term notes | Z - Zero interest rate | (D-T-*-*-*-*) | ||||
G - Mortgage-backed | (D-G-*-*-*-*) | |||||
W - Warrants attached to bonds | (D-W-*-*-*-*) | |||||
Y - Money market instruments | (D-Y-*-*-*-*) | |||||
E = Equities | (E-*-*-*-*-*) | |||||
S - Shares | Voting Right | Ownership | Payment Status | Form | (E-S-*-*-*-*) | |
E = Enhanced voting | (E-S-E-*-*-*) | |||||
N = Non-voting | (E-S-N-*-*-*) | |||||
R = Restricted voting | (E-S-R-*-*-*) | |||||
V = Voting | (E-S-V-*-*-*) | |||||
T = Restrictions | (E-S-*-T-*-*) | |||||
U = Free | (E-S-*-F-*-*) | |||||
F = Fully paid | (E-S-*-*-F-*) | |||||
O = Nil paid | (E-S-*-*-O-*) | |||||
P = Partly paid | (E-S-*-*-P-*) | |||||
A = Registered depository receipt | (E-S-*-*-*-A) | |||||
B = Bearer | (E-S-*-*-*-B) | |||||
N = Bearer/Registered | (E-S-*-*-*-N) | |||||
R = Registered | (E-S-*-*-*-R) | |||||
Z = Bearer depository receipt | (E-S-*-*-*-Z) |
Sample of Main CFI Classifications
E | Equities | D | Debt Instruments |
---|---|---|---|
ES | Shares | DB | Bonds |
EP | Preferred shares | DC | Convertible bonds |
ER | Preference shares | DW | Bonds with warrants attached |
EC | Convertible shares | DT | Medium-term notes |
EF | Preferred convertible shares | DY | Money market instruments |
EV | Preference convertibles shares | DM | Others (Miscellaneous) |
EU | Units, i.e. unit trusts/mutual funds/OPCVM/OICVM | ||
R | Entitlements (Rights) | O | Options |
RA | Allotment rights | OC | Call options |
RS | Subscription rights | OP | Put options |
RP | Purchase rights | OM | Others |
RW | Warrants | ||
RM | Others | ||
F | Futures | M | Others (Miscellaneous) |
FF | Financial futures | MR | |
FC | Commodities futures | MM | Other assets (Miscellaneous), e.g. Real Estate, Insurance Policies |
Existing Possible Values
- E = Equities
- S = Shares (common/ordinary)
- 1: Voting Right
- V = Voting
- N = non Voting (svir[clarification needed])
- 2: Ownership/transfer restrictions
- T = Restrictions
- U = Free
- 3: Payment status
- O = Nil paid
- P = Partly paid
- F = Fully paid
- 4: Form:
- B = Bearer
- R = Registered
- N = Bearer/Registered
- Z = Bearer depository receipt
- A = Registered depository receipt
- 1: Voting Right
- P = Preferred Shares
- R = Preference Shares
- C = Convertible shares
- F = Preferred convertible shares
- V = Preference convertible shares
- U = Units (units trusts/mutual funds)
- M = Others
- S = Shares (common/ordinary)
- D = Debt Instruments
- B = Bonds
- C = Convertible bonds
- M = Others
- T = Medium-term Notes
- W = Bonds With Warrants Attached
- Y = Money Market Instruments
- R = Entitlements (Rights)
- A = Allotment Rights
- M = Others (Miscellaneous)
- S = Subscription rights
- W = Warrants
- O = Options
- C = Call Options
- 1: Exercise Style
- A = American
- E = European
- B = Bermudan
- 2: Underlying Asset
- S = Stock
- I = Index
- D = Debt
- C = Currency
- O = Option
- F = Future
- T = Commodity
- W = Swap
- B = Basket
- N = Interest Rates
- M = Other
- 3: Delivery
- C = Cash
- P = Physical
- N = Non-Deliverable
- E = Elect at Exercise
- 4: Standard/Non-standard
- S = Standard
- N = Non-standard
- 1: Exercise Style
- P = Put Options
- Same as Call
- M = Others Options
- Attributes 1 to 4:
- X = not used
- Attributes 1 to 4:
- C = Call Options
- F = Futures[8]
- C = Commodities Futures
- 1: Underlying Asset
- A = Agricultural
- E = Extraction
- I = Industrial
- S = Service
- 2: Delivery
- C = Cash
- P = Physical
- 3: Standard/Non-standard
- S = Standard
- N = Non-standard
- 4: not used
- X = not used
- 1: Underlying Asset
- F = Financial Futures
- 1: Underlying Asset
- S = Stock
- I = Index
- D = Debt
- C = Currency
- O = Option
- F = Future
- W = Swap
- B = Basket
- M = Other
- 2: Delivery
- C = Cash
- P = Physical
- 3: Standard/Non-standard
- S = Standard
- N = Non-standard
- 4: not used
- X = not used
- 1: Underlying Asset
- C = Commodities Futures
- M = Others (Miscellaneous)
- M = Other Assets (Miscellaneous)
- R = Referential Instruments
- 1: Further grouping
- C = Currencies
- T = Commodities
- R = Interest Rates
- I = Indices
- 1: Further grouping
Example:
- ESNTPB is Equities/Shares/Non-voting/Restrictions/Partly paid/Bearer
- ESXXXX is Equities/Shares (no more details)
- OPASPS is Options/Put/American/Stock/Physical/Standard
- FFIXXX is Futures/Financial/Index
- FXXXXX is Futures (no more details)
- RWXXXX is Rights/Warrant (no more details)
See also
- Capital Market Taxonomy
- Central Index Key
- CUSIP
- ISO 6166
- ISO 10383
- ISO 20022
- International Securities Identifying Number
- NSIN
- FIX Protocol newsletter describing the options and futures CFI codes
References
- ^ a b "CFI & ISO 10962 on ANNA website". Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA). Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "Securities and related financial instruments — Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI code) – [Revision of ISO 10962:2001]" (PDF). FIX Protocol association (FPL). Retrieved 30 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ISO 10962:2001". ISO. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "ISO 10962:2001". ISO. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "ISO 10962:2015". International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Archived from the original on 2017-03-02.
- ^ "ISO/DIS 10962". ISO. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "CFI Code description on CNVM site". The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNVM). Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ "2006 Revision to ISO 10962". Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2015.