The Fintech revolution spawned by alternative payment mechanisms and the creation of cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (“ICO”) has produced a proliferation of new web-based systems. Firms attempted to bridge the gap with REST APIs that software developers are familiar with, but a synchronous request/response architectural style is a poor fit for bidirectional communications needed for trading. Therefore, cryptocurrency venues...
High Performance FIX for the Web Era – White Paper
September 18, 2018January 21, 2023
Reminder – FINRA Changes to FIX Trade Reporting Related to Processing of Execution Time
FINRA reminds clients that beginning Monday, August 20, 2018, a change to all FIX trade reporting related to the processing of execution time during Daylight Savings Time (DST) will go into effect. This update affects clients’ transaction reports for all FINRA Multi Product Platform products (MPP), including TRACE, the OTC Trade Reporting Facility (ORF), and The Alternative Display Facility (ADF)....
September 10, 2018January 21, 2023
James Leman, FIX pioneer, dies at 72
James Leman, most well know for his input in the development of the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) messaging protocol, passed away unexpectedly. READ MORE
September 5, 2018January 21, 2023
What to expect at the FIX Nordic Trading Briefing
The 9th FIX Trading Community Nordic Trading Briefing is just around the corner and this year’s conference promises to live up to the event’s reputation for stimulating and informative discussion, with a Nordic twist.  MiFID II is on everyone’s minds and we’ll be looking at what market participants need to know to thrive in a post-MiFID II environment. But...
August 24, 2018January 21, 2023
Navigating low-latency trading technology in India
India has taken a big step forward in widening its low-latency trading community. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in March announced regulatory changes designed to let more firms trade via shared managed colocation services. The move, SEBI said, would benefit small- and medium-sized firms that may have been prohibited from such trading previously due to costs and...
August 2, 2018January 21, 2023
Bringing Cryptocurrency into the Institutional Order Flow – Traders Magazine Online News
With more than 500 cryptocurrency exchanges in the world today and about 1,500 cryptocurrencies, digital assets are truly a global market that has grabbed the attention of everyone from the retail investor to major institutions. But with a market that has literally pulled in millions of individual accounts globally, it has brought in a small percentage of traditional institutional players....
July 11, 2018January 21, 2023
MiFID II, Crypto and Front-Office Transformation – the Top Issues Defining 2018: FIX Trading Community Podcast
This FIX Trading Community podcast was recorded at the FIX London Regional Event on the June 27, 2018, hosted by Colt Technologies. Guests include Alex Wolcough, the Director for Appsbroker Fintech Ltd and an active member in the FIX Trading Community MiFID Best Execution Working Group, and Rebecca Healey, Head of EMEA Market Structure & Strategy, Liquidnet, and recently appointed...
June 20, 2018January 21, 2023
FIX EMEA Regional Co-Chair Position
FIX Trading Community are pleased to announce that Rebecca Healey, Head of EMEA Market Structure and Strategy at Liquidnet will be the new Co-Chair of the EMEA Regional Committee. Rebecca has served as Co-Chair of the FIX Trading Community’s EMEA Regulatory Subcommittee dedicated to addressing real business and regulatory issues impacting multi-asset trading in global markets. She has been a...
June 14, 2018January 21, 2023
Sharing FIX Resources in GitHub
The Village Green Three years ago, the Global Technical Committee decided to open up FIX technical efforts to a wider audience. We wanted to expand awareness of FIX protocols among software developers in the financial industry, and also to solicit their input and contributions. GitHub is the village green for software developers throughout the world, especially for open-source projects. (Its...
June 11, 2018January 21, 2023
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE SUMMER LONDON REGIONAL EVENT 2018
Neena Dholani, Global Marketing and Programme Director The first half of 2018 has been far from quiet. Whether it’s the Beast from the East bringing trains to a standstill or fun in the snow for our children, the endless conversations about Brexit, or the Royal Wedding bringing cheer on a sunny day. As for the City of London and the...