Published by: Financial Technologies Forum | 18th May 2021 FIX Trading Community Partners with Global DCA The FIX Trading Community, a standards body for transacting securities via the electronic Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol, will be working with the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association (Global DCA) to create standards for trading digital assets, officials...
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FIX sets its sights on digital asset trading
Published by: Finextra| 17th May 2021 The FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading and the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association (Global DCA), the global self-regulatory association for the digital asset & cryptocurrency industry, each recognize that their complementary efforts can be strategically combined to further...
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Transition from FIX 5.0 SP2 to FIX Latest completed
The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the successful transition of the FIX application layer from FIX 5.0 SP2 to FIX Latest. Extension Pack EP260 introduced an application version identifier for FIX Latest by adding a new value 10="FIXLatest" (note that there is no space in the value) to ApplVerID(1128). FIX Latest is the term used...
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FIX Trading Community and Global DCA Agree to Join Efforts in Digital Asset Knowledge Share
London, New York, Hong Kong, 17 May 2021: The FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading and the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association (Global DCA), the global self-regulatory association for the digital asset & cryptocurrency industry, each recognize that their complementary efforts can be strategically combined to...
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Steven Kelly Receives ISITC Excellence Award
Published by: FTF News | Financial Technologies Forum | March 31, 2021 Steven Kelly Receives ISITC Excellence Award Industry standards trade group ISITC has selected Steven J. Kelly, CFA, to be the 2021 recipient of the ISITC Standard of Excellence Award for his accomplishments in developing standards and best practices for financial services operations. A...
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Call For Participation: Non-USD NDF Fixing Conventions Using FIX
A Call for Participation: Non-USD NDF Fixing Conventions Using FIX Aim: The lack of standardization of fixing conventions for non-USD NDFs has plagued voice trading for many years, adding operational risk that leads to market risk and potential losses. Therefore, the FIX Trading Community’s FICC (Fixed Income Currencies Commodities) Committee aims for the following goals: Standardize communication of the...
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ETFs: Market Making and Trading Technology
Published by: Global Trading | 24th March 2021 ETFs: Market Making and Trading Technology With Linda Middleditch, Chief of Product Strategy and Engineering, Itiviti Why are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) growing in popularity? ETFs globally have gone through an incredible growth phase over the past decade. The market has increased more than 700%, from below $1...
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FIXatdl: The New Frontier
Published by: Global Trading | 16th March 2021 FIXatdl: The New Frontier It’s been more than ten years since FIXatdl™ had its last upgrade. FIXatdl version 1.1 (released in 2010), achieved its main objective: standardizing the specification of algorithmic order types into a machine-readable XML format. Its scope covers pre-trade analytics, order build workflow, local...
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ESG in 2021
Post the Biden victory and now the release of updated European Sustainable Finance Disclosure regulation, capital markets are gearing up for the new mantra that “Green is Now Good”. This is the very concept discussed at FIX EMEA 2020 back in September – ESG is no longer a fringe concept but now an integral part...
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FIX Holiday Message and 2020 Recap
A holiday message from the FIX Trading Community and a recap of all of the work accomplished in 2020. Click here to view. FIX Initiatives can be found here. Contact the Program Office if you would like to participate!