ISO 10962

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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. Here are some of the possible codes:

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
    - C = Convertible preferred 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
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