India’s phased transition to T+1 settlement is now starting to affect securities traded by international investors. The FIX Protocol can be used to share fund information at time of trade, to streamline the allocation and settlement matching process. A key deadline in the India settlement process is at 7pm on T0 when all trade allocations...
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FIX Standards now part of the OFR Financial Instrument Reference Database
The Office of Financial Research (OFR) has added relevant parts of the FIX Protocol to its Financial Instrument Reference Database (FIRD). The FIRD, a Dodd-Frank Act requirement, helps to identify where reference data is standardized and where there are inconsistencies. The FIRD now uses data standards – ISO 20022, ACTUS Financial Research Foundation’s data dictionary...
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ESG
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is an increasingly important aspect of financial markets, but challenges remain, particularly in light of the continued lack of coherent regulatory guidelines and the absence of accurate and consistent data. Please see articles featuring FIX on this topic here. Click “Continue reading…” to read the articles. Best Execution: Sustainable...
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Market outages
Ever increasingly complexity and volumes in the market mean that operational resiliency is front of mind for market participants. Here you can find a number of articles on market outages featuring insight from FIX. Click “Continue reading…” to read the articles. Financial News: UK watchdog says LME ‘needs to learn lessons’ after nickel chaos leads...
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Trading & market structure
Articles featuring thoughts from members of the FIX Trading Community on trends in trading and market structure, including the rise of bots, the electronification of the fixed income market and the need for better efficiency in equity markets. Click “Continue reading…” to read the articles. The TRADE: Rise of the bots – not there yet,...
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The EMEA Trading Conference
Media coverage of our trading conferences in EMEA where topics include crypto, retail trading, and consolidated tape were debated among panellists. Click “Continue reading…” to read the articles. Traders Magazine: FIX EMEA Themes: Consolidated Tape, Crypto, Retail Markets Media: FIX EMEA Themes: Consolidated Tape, Crypto, Retail Finextra: What a day! Fix Emea 2022 in...
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European regulation
Here you can find articles with contributions from FIX Trading Community members on the subject of European regulation, including on Mifid II, Mifir, and the EU Taxonomy. Click “Continue reading…” to read the articles. IFLR: Data collection and bonds among EU taxonomy’s biggest issues Risk.net: Germany fights for neobrokers’ PFOF rights IFLR: Mifid II boosts...
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European Consolidated Tape
As the industry and regulators look to address fragmentation in the market, a European consolidated tape remains a key topic for market participants. See here for articles with contribution from members of the FIX Trading Community. Click “Continue reading…” to read the articles. The Desk: Data: A Blank Tape Markets Media: Data: A Blank...
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TNS Partners with Blue Ocean Technologies to Expand US Stock Trading Footprint | TNS – Payment, Telecoms & Financial Data Solutions (tnsi.com)
Global network and Infrastructure-as-a-Service pioneer Transaction Network Services (TNS) today announced a partnership with Blue Ocean Technologies (BOT), owner and operator of the Blue Ocean ATS, a global alternative trading system (ATS) that operates from 8pm to 4am EDT. Blue Ocean ATS will leverage TNS’ robust network backbone and dark fiber to accommodate its increasing...
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IFLR: Derivatives consolidated tape might help with FRTB
IFLR: Derivatives consolidated tape might help with FRTB Thomas Helm, senior journalist at IFLR, explores the ongoing debate on the potential implementation of a derivatives consolidated tape. While there is currently limited support in the industry for this measure, it may help banks with the internal models approach (IMA) under Fundamental Review of the Trading...