UTI (Unique transaction identifier)

Roles that need it

• Trade & Transaction Reporting Analyst
• Middle Office Analyst
• Confirmations Analyst
• Securities Lending & Repo Analyst

Skills it belongs to

• Trade and transaction reporting
• Trade lifecycle

Related concepts

• UPI (Unique product identifier)The unique product identifier (UPI) is a code defined by ISO 4914 that identifies an over-the-counter derivative product type and its reference data, such as asset class, instrument type and underlier. It is issued by the Derivatives Service Bureau and is required in reporting under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
• EMIR reportingEMIR reporting is the duty of EU counterparties to report the details of every derivative contract they conclude, modify or end to a registered trade repository by the working day after. Since the EMIR Refit of April 2024 reports use ISO 20022 XML with about 200 fields, including transaction, product and legal entity identifiers (UTI, UPI, LEI), valuation and collateral.
• SFTR (Securities Financing Transactions Regulation)The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), Regulation (EU) 2015/2365, requires EU counterparties to report repos, securities lending, buy-sell-backs and margin lending to a trade repository by the working day after trade. It also sets disclosure rules for funds using these transactions and conditions for the reuse of collateral.
• Trade repositoryA trade repository is an entity that centrally collects and keeps records of derivatives or securities financing transactions reported by market participants, and gives regulators access to them. In the EU trade repositories are registered and supervised by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) under EMIR (derivatives) and SFTR (securities financing).

Sources

• Technical guidance: harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier, CPMI-IOSCO, BIS (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1855 (EMIR reporting), EUR-Lex (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026

Updated 31 Oct 2026.