The CFI – Classification of Financial Instruments code has been developed to address a number of issues, which have concerned the financial community on the past years related to the growth of cross-border trading and the requirements to improve communication of information among market participants.

This code is not a replacement for the ISIN code but is used instead as a complement to identify the type and the form of the security facilitating the worldwide identification of securities.

The CFI code consists of 6 alphanumeric characters which identify the category and the group as well as several other attributes, as indicated in the table below:

PosiçãoDescrição
1Categoria do instrumento
2Grupo
31º atributo
42º atributo
53º atributo
64º atributo

Example for a CFI Code

DYFUXR
  • O primeiro carácter indica o nível mais alto de classificação do valor mobiliário / instrumento financeiro e diferencia-o entre 14 (catorze) categorias genéricas.
  • O segundo carácter indica grupos específicos dentro de cada categoria.
  • Os quatro últimos caracteres indicam os atributos aplicáveis a cada grupo.