One of the most widely used messaging protocols for information exchange in financial markets is FIX, which stands for Financial Information eXchange (FIX), and is maintained […]

On 3rd March 2016, the FIX Trading Community held its 8th annual EMEA Conference at its spiritual home, Old Billingsgate in the City of London. By […]

Industry association is developing recommendations for use of the FIX Protocol in assigning ISIN codes to OTC derivatives on a real-time basis. For the full article, […]

Is the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) not fit for purpose for identifying certain types of derivatives, as claimed by some partisans for other identifiers or […]

Industry standards body FIX Trading Community has published version 3.0 of its Market Model Typology (MMT) standard, which aims to provide a MiFID 2-conformant trade flagging […]

Post event reviews are a difficult topic to write about, even more so when it is one of your own events. Given that we are predominantly […]

‘As January goes, so goes the year’ is an old Wall Street saying. I’m certainly not going to make any stock market predictions for 2016, but […]

A pilot to automate initial public offerings in UK and reduce inefficiency and risk is slated for next month after the FIX Trading Community, the non-profit […]

Pre-trade transparency requirements set out in MiFID II will radically affect the models operated by Europe’s trading venues and swaps dealers, according to experts speaking at […]

The growth in fixed income platforms will grind to a halt leaving behind only a few in the market, according to industry experts. For the full article, […]

With Brian Lees, Chair, Execution Venue Sub-Group, Global Buy-Side Committee, AVP, Trading Technology Manager, Capital Group and Irina Sonich-Bright, Director, AES Business Development, Credit Suisse, Co […]

Insiders of the electronic trading world are warning that the threat of cyber criminals to their industry is steadily increasing and that now is the time […]