Description

In versions of FIX prior to version 4.4, this message was known as the Allocation ACK message.

The Allocation Instruction Ack message is used to acknowledge the receipt of and provide status for an Allocation Instruction message.

The status is indicated by the AllocStatus <87> field as follows:

Structure

Tag Field Name Req'd Comments
Component Block - <StandardHeader> Y MsgType = P
70 AllocID Y
2758 AllocRequestID N

May be used to link to a previously submitted AllocationInstructionAlertRequest <DU> message.

Component Block - <Instrument> N
Component Block - <Parties> N Insert here the set of "Parties" (firm identification) fields defined in "Common Components of Application Messages"
793 SecondaryAllocID N Optional second identifier for the allocation instruction being acknowledged (need not be unique)
1730 AllocGroupID N

Group identifier assigned by the clearinghouse

1728 FirmGroupID N

Firm assigned entity identifier for the allocation

1731 AvgPxGroupID N

Firm designated group identifier for average pricing

75 TradeDate N
60 TransactTime N Date/Time Allocation Instruction Ack generated
87 AllocStatus Y Denotes the status of the allocation instruction; received (but not yet processed), rejected (at block or account level) or accepted (and processed).
88 AllocRejCode N Required for AllocStatus = 1 (block level reject) and for AllocStatus 2 (account level reject) if the individual accounts and reject reasons are not provided in this message
626 AllocType N
808 AllocIntermedReqType N

Required if AllocType = 8 (Request to Intermediary)

Indicates status that is requested to be transmitted to counterparty by the intermediary (i.e. clearing house)

573 MatchStatus N Denotes whether the financial details provided on the Allocation Instruction were successfully matched.
58 Text N Can include explanation for AllocRejCode = 7 (other)
354 EncodedTextLen N Must be set if EncodedText field is specified and must immediately precede it.
355 EncodedText N Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Text field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding field.
1328 RejectText N
1664 EncodedRejectTextLen N

Must be set if EncodedRejectText <1665> field is specified and must immediately precede it.

1665 EncodedRejectText N

Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the RejectText <1328> field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding <347> field.

Component Block - <RegulatoryTradeIDGrp> N
Component Block - <AllocAckGrp> N

This repeating group is optionally used for messages with AllocStatus = 2 (account level reject) to provide details of the individual accounts that caused the rejection, together with reject reasons. This group should not be populated when AllocStatus has any other value.

Indicates number of allocation groups to follow.

Component Block - <StandardTrailer> Y