ISO 10962
ISO 10962 defines the structure and format for classification of financial instruments, also called Securities, 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
Tabulated Structure of CFI Code
CFI Category
(1st Char) |
CFI Group
(2nd Char) |
Attribute - 1
(3rd Char) |
Attribute - 2
(4th Char) |
Attribute - 3
(5th Char) |
Attribute - 4
(6th Char) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E = Equities | S = Shares i.e. Common / Ordinary | Voting Right
|
Ownership
|
Payment Status
|
Form
|
P = Preferred shares |
Voting Right
|
Redemption
|
Income
|
Form
| |
C = Convertible shares |
Voting Right
|
Ownership
|
Payment Status
|
Form
| |
F = Preferred convertible shares |
Voting Right
|
Redemption
|
Income
|
Form
| |
L = Limited partnership units |
Voting Right
|
Ownership
|
Payment Status
|
Form
| |
D = Depository receipts on equities | Instrument dependency
|
Redemption / Conversion of the Underlying Asset
|
Income
|
Form
| |
Y = Structured instruments (participation) | Type
|
Distribution
|
Repayment
|
Underlying asset
| |
R = Preference shares | Voting Right
|
|
Income
|
Form
| |
V = Preference convertibles shares | Voting Right
|
Redemption
|
Income
|
Form
| |
U = Units
(from Unit trusts, Mutual funds, OPCVM or OICVM) |
Closed/open-end
|
Distribution policy
|
Assets
|
Form
| |
M = Others (Misc.) | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Form
| |
D = Debt Instruments | B = Bonds | Type of interest
|
Guarantee
|
Redemption/Reimbursement
|
Form
|
C = Convertible Bonds | |||||
W = Bonds with warrants attached | |||||
T = Medium-term notes | |||||
S = Structured products (with capital protection) | Type
|
Distribution
|
Repayment
|
Underlying asset
| |
E = Structured products (without capital protection) | Type
|
Repayment
| |||
G = Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) |
|
Guarantee
|
|
| |
A = Asset backed securities (ABS) | Type of interest
|
Guarantee
|
Redemption/Reimbursement
|
Form
| |
N = Municipal bonds | Type of interest
|
Guarantee
|
Redemption/Reimbursement
|
Form
| |
D = Depository receipts on debt instruments | Instrument dependency
|
Type of interest/cash payment
|
Guarantee
|
Redemption/Reimbursement
| |
Y = Money market instruments | Type of interest
|
Guarantee
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | Form
| |
M = Others (Misc.) | Type
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Form
| |
C = Collective Investment Vehicles | I = Standard (vanilla)investment funds/mutual funds | Closed / Open-end
|
Distribution Policy
|
Asset
R = Real Estate B = Debt Instruments E = Equities V = Convertible Securities L = Mixed C = Commodities D = Derivatives F = Referential Instruments K = Credits M = Others (Misc.) |
|
H = Hedge funds | |||||
B = Real estate investment trusts (REITs) | |||||
E = Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) | |||||
S = Pension funds | |||||
F = Funds of funds | |||||
P = Private equity funds | |||||
M = Others (Misc.) | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Security Type and Investors Restrictions
| |
R = Entitlement (Rights) | A = Allotments (Bonus Rights) | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Form
|
S = Subscription Rights | Asset
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Form
| |
P = Purchase Rights | Asset
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined |
Form
| |
W = Warrants | Underlying asset
|
Type
|
Call / Put
|
Exercise Option Style
| |
F = Mini-future certificates/constant leverage certificates | Underlying asset
|
Barrier dependency type
|
Long / short
|
Exercise Option Style
| |
D = Depository receipts on entitlements | Instrument dependency
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Form
| |
M = Other (Misc.) | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | |
O = Listed Options | C = Call Options | Exercise option style
|
Underlying asset
|
Delivery
|
Standard
|
P = Put Options | |||||
M = Others (Misc.) | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | |
F = Futures | F = Financial futures | Underlying Asset
|
Delivery
|
Standardized / Non-Standardized
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined |
C = Commodities futures | Underlying Asset
|
Delivery
|
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | |
S = Swaps | R = Rates | ||||
T = Commodities | |||||
E = Equity | |||||
C = Credit | |||||
F = Foreign exchange (FX) | |||||
M = Others (Misc.) | |||||
H = Non-listed and complex listed options | R = Rates | ||||
T = Commodities | |||||
E = Equity | |||||
C = Credit | |||||
F = Foreign exchange (FX) | |||||
M = Others (Misc.) | |||||
I = Spots | F = Foreign exchange (FX) | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | Delivery
|
T = Commodities | Underlying asset
|
X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | X = Not Appl./Undefined | |
J = Forwards | E = Equity | ||||
F = Foreign exchange (FX) | |||||
C = Credit | |||||
R = Rates | |||||
T = Commodities | |||||
K = Strategies | R = Rates | ||||
T = Commodities | |||||
E = Equity | |||||
C = Credit | |||||
F = Foreign exchange (FX) | |||||
Y = Mixed assets | |||||
M = Others (Misc.) | |||||
L = Financing | L = Loan Lease | Underlying asset
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | Delivery
|
R = Repurchase agreements | Underlying asset
|
Termination
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | Delivery
| |
S = Securities Lending | Underlying asset
|
Termination
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | Delivery
| |
T = Referential instruments | C = Currencies | Type
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined |
T = Commodities | Underlying asset
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | |
R = Interest rates | Type
|
Freq. of calculation
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | |
I = Indices | Asset class
|
Weighting type
|
Index return type
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | |
B = Baskets | Composition
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | |
D = Stock dividends | Type of equity
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | |
M = Misc. / Others | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | |
M = Misc. / Others | C = Combined instruments | Component
|
Ownership
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | Form
|
M = Misc. / Others | Further grouping
|
X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined | X = Not appl./Undefined |
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
- "CFI & ISO 10962 on ANNA website". Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA). Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- "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.
- "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.
- "CFI Code description on CNVM site". The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNVM). Retrieved 30 July 2013.