To sell or To buy Confidentiality Statement Reference Column to other sites Fin Bookshop Links to Fin web sites Fin Stats Bonds, Stocks and Financial Instruments, usually have one or more identifier codes, issued by various clearing houses or other agencies. This is a list of what the various securities codes stand for, who issues them, and what their structure is.
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. Final digit is a check digit, computed on a multiplicative system. Stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures. The first six digits identify the issuer. First digit is always a number.