FIX in the News

“Back in the early 1990s, smartphones didn’t exist, and the internet was just emerging from universities. Computers were becoming more affordable and powerful, but electronic trading systems were disjointed. Traders needed different systems to trade with various brokers, leading to inefficiencies.” “As we explore artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology, collaboration remains essential. Like-minded individuals working together can kick-start the...

The FIX Trading Community (‘FIX’), the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the past three decades, FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading innovation, transforming the landscape of global financial markets and setting new standards for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. Thirty years ago, the financial world relied...

The FIX Trading Community (‘FIX’), the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the past three decades, FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading innovation, transforming the landscape of global financial markets and setting new standards for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. Find out more in the article below:...

The FIX Trading Community (‘FIX’), the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the past three decades, FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading innovation, transforming the landscape of global financial markets and setting new standards for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. Full article available below: FIX Trading Community...

Anthony Woolley, co-chair of the GDF Tokenisation Forum and head of business development and marketing at Ownera, adds, “The biggest challenge facing tokenisation initiatives today is to connect market supply and demand at scale and make it easy for buy-side institutions to access the pipelines of high-quality assets now being tokenised by the sell-side. The FIX-FinP2P Alliance will be tackling...

The drama around cut-offs at CLS and custodians prior to the T+1 implementation had many believing the FX market would alter drastically, but so far, it’s business as usual over the first three weeks of the shortened settlement cycle as the first big public holiday – and major test – approaches. By Jonathan Watkins and Sophia Thomson Find out more in...

“AI is really changing just how much a trader can add to the investment process. Not just through execution, but also the selection aspect of what goes into a portfolio,” asserted Rebecca Healey, co-chair EMEA regional committee at FIX Trading Community. By Claudia Preece Full article available here: The buy-side on AI: ‘The fear is real, but the rewards are there’ – The TRADE (thetradenews.com)

Max highlights some of Waters Technology’s recent reporting on data costs and capacity issues facing the options industry, and asks, haven’t we seen this before somewhere? Find out more: The IMD Wrap: Déjà vu as exchange data industry weighs its options – WatersTechnology.com

Could Monday’s market chaos lead to a more effective industry solution to market outages? The halting of trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that occurred on Monday had a domino effect, rippling out across a number of exchanges, dark pools and alternative trading systems (ATSs) in the US. The NYSE halt was reportedly the result of issues with...

Liquidnet, the technology-driven agency execution specialist, has launched Roll Seeker, a new tool designed to enhance workflows associated with the execution of futures rolls. The development responds to member requests to utilise Liquidnet’s block trading expertise to discover contra end-user liquidity interest more effectively. Read the full article here: Liquidnet Introduces Roll Seeker to Streamline Futures Rolls Execution – A-Team...

Find a selection of videos from the floor at the 22nd Asia Pacific Trading Summit in the link below: FIX video | Global Trading

T+1: Time to face the music