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CIC FOR COVERED BONDSTypically, we would only expect to see banks issuing covered bonds and therefore with CIC code 26 (corporate covered bonds). However, we see that you also have CIC code 16 (government covered bonds). What would you expect to fall into this category? There are a handful of covered bonds which are issued by essentially special purpose banks set up by governments, predominantly in France, e.g. Issuers Caisse Francaise de Financement Local, Caisse de Refinancement de l'Habitat SA. How would you expect these to be categorised? CIC FOR US TREASURY BONDSWhat would you expect to see for the first to letters of the CIC for US treasury bonds? We are currently representing this as US, but should this still be the case if they are trading on other exchanges (eg US912828L328 on the Berlin exch - would this show US or DE) or no exchanges (eg US912828M649 would this show US or XL). HYBRID & SUBORDINATED BONDSIn CIC categorisation, which characteristic takes precendence?