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European capital markets are home to some of the world’s most respected companies – the biggest players in the world in aerospace (Airbus), luxury goods (LVMH), the semiconductor industry (ASML), pharmaceuticals (Novo Nordisk), fast fashion (Inditex) and cosmetics (L’Oréal), just to name a few, call Europe home. Continue Reading

The FIX Trading Community has put forward a series of proposals aimed at enhancing the transparency and appeal of European capital markets. In a whitepaper titled “FIXing Europe – How the European Consolidated Tape can radically improve the image of European capital markets,” the industry association outlines four key reforms to address long-standing issues with trade reporting and data quality....

Sandbox to settlement – views on the state of the crypto ecosystem from the FIX Australia conference Speakers: Richard Galvin, Executive Chairman and CIO,  DACM Rachael Lucas, Head of Marketing & Communications, BTC Markets Sagar Desai, APAC Head for Wholesale Client Business, Coinbase Institutional Kate Cooper, CEO, OKX Australia Crypto has outgrown its sandbox and is now at the early...

The suggestions are aimed at ensuring increased investor interest in European capital markets.   The FIX Trading Community has proposed a new set of recommendations for the European consolidated tape (CT), to address issues of data quality, transparency and the attractiveness of European markets.  FIX proposes four reforms to ensure the European CT helps to resolve these obstacles and close gaps across the...

After years of stagnation, Japan’s equity market is booming and alternative trading system providers are flocking in. Buyside traders now hope that the stranglehold of HFT firms will be broken. With its first female prime minister and the stock market at a record high, Japan is attracting a new influx of domestic retail and foreign investment. But first, the country’s...

The Americas Trading Conference 2025, hosted by FIX Trading Community, returns to @Ease 605 in New York City this fall for a full day of market insight, industry discussion, and networking. Taking place on Thursday, October 30th, the event will bring together leading voices from across the trading ecosystem to address key issues shaping the global markets. Read More

The FIX Trading Community, the global industry association that maintains the FIX Protocol, is joining forces with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the wider bond trading ecosystem to tackle long-standing inefficiencies in how “axes” — trader indications of buying or selling interest — are used and distributed across fixed income markets. Read More

The FIX Fixed Income Axe Standards Working Group is leading an initiative to improve the quality of axes in bond trading, in partnership with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)   Read more

The FIX Trading Community, the industry association that manages the world’s trading language, the FIX Protocol, has committed to working with the global bond trading community and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) to improve the efficiency and quality of bond trading. Read more

14 October, 2025 (London): The FIX Trading Community, the industry association that manages the world’s trading language, the FIX Protocol, has committed to working with the global bond trading community and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) to improve the efficiency and quality of bond trading. The joint effort, spearheaded by the FIX Fixed Income Axe Standards Working Group, will...

The FIX Trading Community has called on the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take decisive action in improving post-trade transparency as part of its Consultation Paper CP25/20. The consultation, focused on the systematic internaliser (SI) regime for bonds and derivatives and accompanied by a discussion paper on equity markets, has prompted FIX to highlight persistent shortcomings in market data....

The FIX Trading Community, the industry association that manages the world’s trading language, the FIX Protocol, has called for greater post-trade transparency in its response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consultation Paper CP25/20: The SI regime for bonds and derivatives including discussion paper on equity markets. FIX Executive Director, Jim Kaye, said the discussion paper section was an opportunity to address legacy...