Financial Instruments Reference Database System

<h2 id="regulation">Regulation</h2>
<p>The Article 4(1)(20) of Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II) considers "investment firms dealing on own account when executing client orders over the counter (OTC) on an organised, frequent, systematic and substantial basis" <i>systematic internaliser</i> and requires them to report their trades.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> From this data, ESMA computes on a  best effort basis, the total volume and number of transactions executed within the EU.
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<h2 id="technical-details">Technical details</h2>
<p>According to the technical specification,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> new entries are published on a daily basis, every morning by 09:00 CET as XML-file. It contains the <a href="/facts/International_Securities_Identification_Number/IS1YI768">ISIN</a> and the <a href="/facts/Market_Identifier_Code/MnIqJYqz">Market Identifier Code (MIC)</a> as well as e.g. the  <a href="/facts/ISO_10962/H9tltGM8">Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI)</a>-code and other information of the instrument.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Legal_Entity_Identifier/M1LXAXjU">Legal Entity Identifier</a> (LEI) code is conveyed by the ISSR. In the following example record in <a href="/facts/JSON/bs1rUAhd">JSON</a> format,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> the ISSR is represented by "Issr" : "851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56". This LEI code can be looked up using the <a href="https://search.gleif.org/#/search/">website search</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The LEI code corresponds to <a href="/facts/Commerzbank_Aktiengesellschaft/sqkuhDtS">Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft</a> (Frankfurt) according to the LEI Registration Exception.
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{
  "RefData": {
    "DebtInstrmAttrbts": {
      "NmnlValPerUnit": "2000",
      "IntrstRate": {
        "Fxd": "3.1415"
      },
      "MtrtyDt": "2020-01-01",
      "TtlIssdNmnlAmt": "200000000",
      "DebtSnrty": "SNDB"
    },
    "TradgVnRltdAttrbts": {
      "IssrReq": "false",
      "Id": "BMTF",
      "FrstTradDt": "2019-04-01T12:34:56.789"
    },
    "TechAttrbts": {
      "PblctnPrd": {
        "FrDt": "2019-04-04"
      },
      "RlvntCmptntAuthrty": "GB"
    },
    "FinInstrmGnlAttrbts": {
      "ClssfctnTp": "DBFNXX",
      "ShrtNm": "AVGO  3.625  10/16/24 c24 (URegS)",
      "FullNm": "AVGO 3  5/8  10/15/24 BOND",
      "NtnlCcy": "USD",
      "Id": "USU1109MAXXX",
      "CmmdtyDerivInd": "false"
    },
    "Issr": "851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56"
  }
}

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Request_for_quote/YjMGb25E">Request for quote</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Legal_Entity_Identifier/M1LXAXjU">Legal Entity Identifier</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Approved_Publication_Arrangement/zulb5TFV">Approved Publication Arrangement</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/International_Securities_Identification_Number/IS1YI768">International Securities Identification Number</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/esma65-11-1193_firds_reference_data_reporting_instructions_v2.0.pdf">FIRDS Format Description</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Mastering Data Analytics: Insights & Techniques". 24 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-10. <a href="https://www.prodigitalweb.com/data-analytics/" target="_blank">https://www.prodigitalweb.com/data-analytics/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Advanced Algorithms to Identify Optimal Market Conditions". 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-05-24. <a href="https://forexobot.com/" target="_blank">https://forexobot.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS)" (PDF). European Securities and Markets Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210203/https://www.esma.europa.eu/system/files_force/library/esma65-8-5014_firds_-_instructions_for_download_of_full_and_delta_reference_files.pdf?download=1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210203/https://www.esma.europa.eu/system/files_force/library/esma65-8-5014_firds_-_instructions_for_download_of_full_and_delta_reference_files.pdf?download=1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Importing nested JSON documents into Elasticsearch and making them searchable". Stackoverflow. Retrieved 14 June 2019. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56293134/" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56293134/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"LEI Search". search.gleif.org. Retrieved 2023-11-10. <a href="https://search.gleif.org/#/record/851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56" target="_blank">https://search.gleif.org/#/record/851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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