Membership Benefits

How will membership benefit my firm?

FIX Trading Community™ is an industry-driven organisation. It has successfully attracted participation from more than 280 of the world’s leading financial service companies, which represent every corner of the trading community.

Member firms enjoy the unique opportunity to participate in the development and promotion of FIX’s standards, these often having a significant impact on their ability to do business. Below are the main reasons why membership is so important, to individual firms and the industry as a whole. For specific details of member benefits, click here.

Participate in this practical joint industry initiative alongside buy-side, sell-side, trading venue, vendor and regulatory participants, all working to improve the global trading process by:

• Interacting with industry experts, peers, clients and competitors in a neutral forum to resolve industry issues affecting your firm and your clients.
• Driving change and helping to shape the future trading environment by participating in the decision-making process influencing the evolution of FIX’s standards.
• Participating in the organisation’s work, benefitting from networking opportunities and the potential to learn about the very latest developments in advance of the wider trading community.
• Guiding the direction of the FIX Trading Community by becoming (or participating in the election of) its leaders.

Support FIX Trading Community financially to ensure the long-term viability of FIX by:

• Protecting the intellectual property of FIX and in turn your firm’s FIX-related investments, ensuring the industry can continue confidently to use FIX standards while also enabling others to build and support commercial products and services based upon them.
• Enabling the FIX Trading Community to engage service providers to supplement volunteer efforts, ensuring it is possible to continue the work required to ensure FIX meets constantly evolving industry and regulatory requirements.
• Enabling the FIX Trading Community to promote and educate its work through its website, community forums, conferences and media, and to provide access to the latest specifications, news and developments.