Laurence Jones FIX Americas Regional Director FIX recently attended the Canadian Annual Derivatives Conference, Canada’s leading derivatives conference which is a 1-day event held in Montreal, Canada. Hosted by TMX, the event had an agenda full of industry-relevant topics covering trading & execution, digital assets, regulatory drivers as well as changes to interest rates in the Canadian market. Add in...
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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...
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/
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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A COVID-19 and FIX Trading Community Update
In the current climate of instability and growing concerns regarding COVID-19 Coronavirus, the FIX Trading Community has decided to postpone a series...
Brexit Working Group
Addresses potential changes related to a no-deal Brexit scenario to address trade reporting and Share Trading Obligations (STO) across EU and UK...
CAT Implementations
Guidance for CAT Implementations – FIX and FIF members collaborated to provide guidance for firms implementing CAT NMS Plan (Phase 2A-Equities) CAT-FIX...
Consolidated Tape Working Group
The EU and ESMA are keen on pursuing the creation of a consolidated tape. ESMA has produced a consultation document which poses...
FINRA recommends FIX Protocol as replacement for CTCI clients
FIX Protocol replaces Computer to Computer (CTCI) for reporting to Trace and Over- the -Counter Reporting (ORF) effective February 3, 2020. The...
FIX Extension Packs
Recent extensions to the protocol, initiated by working groups, have completed Global Technical Committee review and approval and have been published on...
FIX Online Specification – Published
FIX Online Specification has been published
FIX Orchestra
FIX Orchestra was conceived as machine readable rules of engagement between counterparties. Orchestra is intended to cut time to onboard counterparties and...
MMT
The Market Model Typology (MMT) was developed to provide data standardization across financial markets. The latest version of MMT delivers efficient operational...
Post Post-Trade Confirmation Payments
The post trade working group has recently worked to address the heavily manual and fragmented process for periodic payments and cash flow...