FIX in the News

The TRADE sits down with executive director of FIX Trading Community, Jim Kaye, to discuss the ins and outs of market outages, delving into how the standardisation of communication protocols can contribute to market stability, the practical steps being taken to implement this, and potential hurdles. Find out more regarding the Fireside Friday with FIX Executive Director, Jim Kaye in the article below: Fireside Friday...

Speaking to The TRADE, FIX Trading Community’s executive director, Jim Kaye, confirmed that the industry as a whole has their attention firmly on more solid processes in the event of outages. Addressing when communication is most important, Kaye asserted: “What we’re talking about here is more the ‘heat of battle’ type messaging, as opposed to postmortems. The idea being that these messages...

Find all of the latest news regarding the recent GDF/FIX FinP2P alliance in the media coverage library below: GDF/FIX FinP2P alliance in the media coverage library  

“Back in the early 1990s, smartphones didn’t exist, and the internet was just emerging from universities. Computers were becoming more affordable and powerful, but electronic trading systems were disjointed. Traders needed different systems to trade with various brokers, leading to inefficiencies.” “As we explore artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology, collaboration remains essential. Like-minded individuals working together can kick-start the...

The FIX Trading Community (‘FIX’), the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the past three decades, FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading innovation, transforming the landscape of global financial markets and setting new standards for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. Thirty years ago, the financial world relied...

The FIX Trading Community (‘FIX’), the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the past three decades, FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading innovation, transforming the landscape of global financial markets and setting new standards for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. Find out more in the article below:...

The FIX Trading Community (‘FIX’), the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the past three decades, FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading innovation, transforming the landscape of global financial markets and setting new standards for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. Full article available below: FIX Trading Community...

Anthony Woolley, co-chair of the GDF Tokenisation Forum and head of business development and marketing at Ownera, adds, “The biggest challenge facing tokenisation initiatives today is to connect market supply and demand at scale and make it easy for buy-side institutions to access the pipelines of high-quality assets now being tokenised by the sell-side. The FIX-FinP2P Alliance will be tackling...

The drama around cut-offs at CLS and custodians prior to the T+1 implementation had many believing the FX market would alter drastically, but so far, it’s business as usual over the first three weeks of the shortened settlement cycle as the first big public holiday – and major test – approaches. By Jonathan Watkins and Sophia Thomson Find out more in...

“AI is really changing just how much a trader can add to the investment process. Not just through execution, but also the selection aspect of what goes into a portfolio,” asserted Rebecca Healey, co-chair EMEA regional committee at FIX Trading Community. By Claudia Preece Full article available here: The buy-side on AI: ‘The fear is real, but the rewards are there’ – The TRADE (thetradenews.com)

Max highlights some of Waters Technology’s recent reporting on data costs and capacity issues facing the options industry, and asks, haven’t we seen this before somewhere? Find out more: The IMD Wrap: Déjà vu as exchange data industry weighs its options – WatersTechnology.com

Could Monday’s market chaos lead to a more effective industry solution to market outages? The halting of trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that occurred on Monday had a domino effect, rippling out across a number of exchanges, dark pools and alternative trading systems (ATSs) in the US. The NYSE halt was reportedly the result of issues with...