ISO 10962

ISO 10962 is the CFI (Classification of Financial Instruments) code maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is an alphabetical code consisting of 6 letters. The first letter is the category, the second is the group, and the remaining letters show special attributes of the group. The letter X always means Not Applicable/Undefined.

The code is issued by the members of ANNA, the Association of National Numbering Agencies

Here are some of the possible codes:

Classification of Financial Instruments

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-*-*-*-*)
	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)

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Classification of CFI codes

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

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• E = Equities
  • S = Shares (common/ordinary)
    • 1: Voting Right
      • V = Voting
      • N = Non-voting
      • R = Restricted voting
      • E = Enhanced voting
    • 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
  • 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
• 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
    • 2: Underlying Asset
      • S = Stock
      • I = Index
      • D = Debt
      • C = Currency
      • O = Option
      • F = Future
      • T = Commodity
      • W = Swap
      • B = Basket
      • M = Other
    • 3: Delivery
      • C = Cash
      • P = Physical
    • 4: Standard/Non-standard
      • S = Standard
      • N = Non-standard
  • P = Put Options
    • Same as Call
  • M = Others Options
    • Same as Call
• F = Futures
  • 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
  • F = Financial Futures
    • 1: Underlying Asset
      • S = Stock
      • I = Index
      • D = Debt
      • C = Currency
      • O = Option
      • F = Future
      • T = Commodity
      • 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
• M = Others (Miscellaneous)
  • M = Other Assets (Miscellaneous)
  • R = Referential Instruments
    • 1: Further grouping
      • C = Currencies
      • T = Commodities
      • R = Interest Rates
      • I = Indices

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

External links

• QuantHouse CFI Code composer Helper to decode/craft ISO 10962 values.