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Security Identifier
Screens
Bonds, Stocks and Financial Instruments,
usually have one or more identifier codes, issued by various clearing
houses or other agencies. The purpose of these identifiers is to prevent
confusion when discussing a particular security, particularly a bond (because
a company will usually only have one class of stock, but can have many
different bond issues). This is a list of what the various securities
codes stand for, who issues them, and what their structure is.
BLOOMBERG
offers an on-line global analytical system that is useful ...............
(Member section)
CEDEL
No longer used; replaced by the Common Code on January 1, 1991.
CIN
CUSIP International Number. Nine digits. First digit is always a letter,
which represents the country of issue. First six digits represent the
issuer, next two represent the security, and the final digit is the check
digit. The first digits codes are ...............(Member
section)
Common Code
Issued in Luxembourg, replaces CEDEL and Euroclear codes. Nine..........(Member
section)
CUSIP (More
information on CUSIP)
Stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.
Run by S&P, they assign a nine digit code to stocks and bonds. ......................(Member
section)
Euroclear
Not used anymore; replaced by the .........................(Member
section)
ISIN
International Securities Identification Number. This is a twelve ....................(Member
section)
ISID PLUS
ISIDPlus covers all major national and international ........................(Member
section)
RIC
Reuter Identification Code. Used on the Reuters Terminal to pull up
a particular security. It's a rather ugly looking thing with an equals
sign ........................(Member
section)
SEDOL
Stock Exchange Daily Official List. British securities identification
......................(Member section)
SIC
Standard Industrial Code. Tells what line of business a ........................(Member
section)
SICC
Security Identification Code Conference. Used in Japan, usually four
...................(Member section)
Sicovam
Société Interprofessional Pour La Compensation ...................(Member
section)
SVM
Used in Belgium.
Valoren
Identifier for Swiss securities. No check ..................(Member
section)
Wertpapier
Kenn nummer
Issued in Germany by the Wertpapier Mitteilungen. Six digits, no check
digit. Different ranges of numbers represent different classes of securities.
..................(Member section)
WKN
See Wertpapier Kenn-Nummer.
WPK
See Wertpapier Kenn-Nummer.
More
information is provided in the Member Area
Recommended further reading:
CUSIP
Security Identifier (Screen)
Discounting of bank guarantees
(BG's)
Books
on Financial Instruments
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