The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX Protocol. The artifacts included for each of the individual Extension Packs are as follows: ASBUILT – clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values;...
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Jessica Morrison announced as new co-chair of FIX Trading Community’s Global Steering Committee
We are delighted to welcome Jessica Morrison, Group Head of Sales Strategy & Execution (Trading Solutions) at LSEG as co-chair of our Global Steering Committee. Jess comes with significant experience of the FIX Trading Community, having been Asia-Pacific co-chair previously. She also carries a wealth of industry knowledge with over 15 years of experience in...
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FIX for allocations in T+1 regime: use case
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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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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Finalisation of Recommended Practices: BCAN ID using FIX for HKIDR
The FIX Trading Community is pleased to highlight new recommendations on how firms can communicate a BCAN (Broker-to-Client Assigned Number) using standard FIX fields for the Hong Kong ID regime, and an enhanced definition of the FIX user-defined field BCANID(8018). BCANID(8018) Recommended Practices: BCAN ID using FIX for HKIDR This relates to the requirement for...
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FIX Standards Achieve ISO Standardization
London, New York, Hong Kong, June 15, 2022: The FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announces that two components of the FIX messaging suite are now ISO standards: ISO 3531-1: FIX TagValue Encoding (https://www.iso.org/standard/81510.html) ISO 3531-2: FIX Session Layer (https://www.iso.org/standard/81511.html) The FIX TagValue Encoding and Session...
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FIX Trading Community public consultation on FIX Protocol changes for digital asset trading
The FIX Trading Community has started a public consultation on proposed changes to the FIX Protocol to support the trading of digital assets. These changes leverage existing trading models for other asset classes such as FX and equities, and are intended to provide a common messaging standard for trading this important class of assets. The...
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Nordic Trading Briefing 2022 Agenda Announcement
After a 3-year break due to the pandemic, the FIX Trading Community is delighted to publish the agenda for the Nordic Trading Briefing 2022.
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Release of Playlist Version 1.0.1
The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the availability of Playlist Version 1.0.1, fixing some errors detected in Version 1.0. Please see here for details.