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ARTICLE · 13 DECEMBER 2025

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Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI) – Explained

The primary purpose of the UTI is to uniquely identify individual transactions which are reported to a Trade Repository (TR).

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ESMA, the FCA, ASIC, and MAS have placed greater emphasis on Unique Transaction Identifiers (UTIs) and their consistent application between counterparties as part of their relaunch in 2024 of updated derivative reporting requirements in their jurisdictions.

In an effort to align the various global reporting frameworks with global standards, regulators have introduced the UTI generation waterfall developed by CPMI-IOSCO ("IOSCO UTI Waterfall") into both EU and UK EMIR Refit 2024, ASIC Rewrite and MAS Rewrite (it was also incorporated into the CFTC updates, which were the first to go live in early 2024). This aimed to foster data harmonisation and ensure a more globally consistent dataset.

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