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FIXing not SWIFTing in Stockholm

Rebecca Healey,EMEA Regional Co-Chair FIX Trading Community, Founder,Redlap Consulting What stood out to me in the discussions was the potential of #AI to automate: ·        those markets where CLOB (central limit order book) electronic trading has yet to be implemented. ·        Workflow processes that support the full life-cycle of a trade  FIXing not SWIFTing in Stockholm | LinkedIn

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MiFID II: Rebundling research will not increase demand for UK SMEs

Rebecca Healey, Managing Partner at Redlap Consulting, discussed with Shanny Basar at Markets Media why rebundling research will not result in a significant increase in SME coverage – a view uninamoulsy shared by panellists at this year’s FIX EMEA Conference. According to Rebecca, the lack of investor appetite in small and mid-cap UK companies remains the core issue and this...

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Financial institutions are pushing crypto firms to adopt FIX standards for trading virtual assets

Crypto firms in markets such as Hong Kong are beginning to listen to traditional financial firms in anticipation of winning institutional flows. By using the FIX Protocol, they will be able to transact information about securities in real time using standards in common use in the traditional space. Continue reading: https://www.digfingroup.com/crypto-fix/

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SFM Interview: FIX developments for securities lending and repo – T+1 and end-to-end automation

Laurence Jones, Americas Regional director of FIX, and Steve Kelly, director at CME Group and co-chair of the FIX Global Post Trade Committee share insights with Anna Reitman at Securities Finance Monitor on how the move to T+1 settlement for US cash equities, corporate debt, and unit investment trusts is reshaping the industry and securities finance. They also explore how...

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FIX Trading Community publishes draft standards for settlement status messages

There is increasing industry discussion on trade settlement across the trading and operations functions throughout regions, especially as the industry looks at the implications of certain markets moving to a T+1 settlement model. In this context, a growing number of buyside firms wish to know about the settlement status of their trades in a timely and standardized way. The FIX...

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