Why Being a FIX Trading Community Member Matters — And Why You Should Contribute By Rich Evans, Global Co-chair of FIX Trading Community, and Lee Saba, Global Co-chair of FIX Trading Community and Head of Market Structure, Rialto Markets In an era of focus on good governance, every firm’s contribution to the FIX community matters more than ever. FIX has...
Mission Statement
FIX Trading Community is built around clear standards
FIX Protocol is part of the fabric of capital markets. Formed in 1991 at the dawn of electronic trading, FIX connects the global ecosystem of venues, asset managers, banks/brokers, vendors and regulators by standardizing the communication among participants. This is accomplished by following 4 key principles:
- Creating and maintaining robust open standards across the whole ecosystem from pre-trade to market data to settlement.
- Providing advice and counsel to regulatory bodies in a transparent and unbiased way.
- Seeking ways to improve the trading process front to back for the global financial services industry.
- Providing our members with a neutral, collaborative environment to come together through member-driven conferences and other critical forums to promote, support and educate.
FIX Trading Community - Mission Statement
FIX Protocol is part of the fabric of capital markets. Formed in 1991 at the dawn of electronic trading, FIX connects the global ecosystem of venues, asset managers, banks/brokers, vendors and regulators by standardizing the communication amoung participants. This is accomplished by following 4 key principles:
FIX Trading Community is built around clear standards
Creating and maintaining robust open standards across the whole ecosystem from pre-trade to market data to settlement.
Providing advice and counsel to regulatory bodies in a transparent and unbiased way.
Seeking ways to improve the trading process front to back for the global financial services industry.
Providing our members with a neutral, collaborative environment to come together through member-driven conferences and other critical forums to promote, support and educate.
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Crackdown by regulators aims to protect investors entering a more digital world
Published by: MondoVisione 31/08/2021 A US Government crackdown on unregulated digital exchanges and stablecoins has long been on the cards, according to broker dealer and pioneering secondary market ATS operator Rialto Markets. But rather than trying to kill off this emerging sector, Rialto Markets’ Head of Market Structure Lee E Saba expects and welcomes an official drive to create a...
FIX – Realising the potential of algo wheels
Published by: Traders Magazine 30th July 2021 Even though algo wheels have been around for five years and their adoption is now near universal, few are using them beyond the simplest of use cases, such as managing commission wallets or dealing with ‘nuisance’ orders. The slow path to realizing the full potential of algo wheels was the main topic of...
Update on routing transparency initiative
Published By : Traders Magazine | 2nd June 2021 With Enrico Cacciatore, Head of Market Structure & Trading Analytics, Voya Investment Management, and Tim Sargent, CEO, CalcGuard Technologies What have been some challenges as the Routing Transparency Initiative (RTI) has moved forward? ENRICO CACCIATORE: The biggest challenge for RTI is the inherent lack of standardized data and lack of data...
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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 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...
