The last event in the EMEA region ahead of the long-awaited summer took place at the BT Tower on 6th July. The topic for the evening “Role of Automation in Fixed Income Execution” was not one that people would traditionally associate with FIX. In fact, the panel agreed to change the topic slightly to “Role...
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FIX Trading Community addressing regulation collaboratively – Bobsguide article
FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading for over two decades now. It is the de facto standard for multi asset trading across the globe. From its earliest incarnation as a protocol for routing orders between market participants, the ethos of collaboration and standardisation has been clear. In the financial industry, it is...
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Unique Identifiers for Derivatives – Finding the Middle Ground – Derivsource article
ESMA new edict on ISINs has split the industry but initiatives are underway to find solutions. However, it will still require a significant infrastructure upheaval for those firms that have never used the unique code. Lynn Strongin looks at both sides. For the full article, please click here.
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FIX Releases Version 1.0 of Simple Binary Message Encoding – Inside Market Data article
Standards body FIX Trading Community has announced the release of Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) version 1.0 Draft Standard, a non-proprietary binary message encoding to meet the latency demands of high frequency trading and market data. For the full article, please click here.
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FIX Trading Community announces release of FIX version to meet high performance demands
London, New York, 30th June 2016: FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the release of Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) version 1.0 Draft Standard to support high performance demands in transactions and/or data feeds. Recent improvements in the speed of hardware, software and network connections have...
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Blockchain: Reality for financial markets? – Fund Technology article
As blockchain technology moves into the financial marketplaces, Fund Technology catches up with Ron Quaranta to learn how funds can leverage blockchain technology and what is FIX Protocol engagement in this disruptive technology. For the full article, please click here.
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Will CSAs Survive MiFID II? – Linked In blog
At the recent FIX Regional Event in Paris earlier this month there was one major question to be answered – could CSAs could be used within an RPA? With every CSA provider trying to shoehorn current offerings into the RPA framework, firms wanted to know not only whether the regulators deem this admissible but, just...
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FIX Preps for ARMs Reporting – Market Media article
Industry messaging body FIX Trading Community has added support for transmitting MiFID II transaction reports to Approved Reporting Mechanisms to its protocol, announced the group. For the full article, please click here
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FIX Trading Community develops standards for MiFID II transaction and trade reporting
London, New York, 13th June 2016: FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the development of the FIX Protocol for use for transmitting MiFID II Transaction Reports to Approved Reporting Mechanisms (ARMs). Under MiFID II, all investment firms (including certain buy-side institutions) executing transactions in financial...
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FIX – ing issuance – The Desk article
Initial public and debt offerings can be messy affairs, subject to human error and frailty thanks to the largely manual processes. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is currently investigating the equity primary market for conflicts of interest amongst dealers, after analysis showed they may give preference to investor clients. For the full article, please...