FIX Trading Community Announces Important Organisational Changes

The FIX Trading Community have today announced two important organisational changes to the FIX Trading Community Program Office. With the appointment of Jim Kaye and Laurence Jones as Executive Director and Regional Director (Americas) respectively. Jim Kaye has been appointed Executive Director with responsibility for all FIX staff, marketing, communications, sales and the day to day operations of FIX. Many...

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Release of Playlist Version 1.0 for FIX Members

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) is proud to announce the availability of Playlist Version 1.0. If you are a FIX member, you can request access from the FIX Program Office. It can then be invoked either via its own URL or through the FIX website (“Playlist” in the dropdown menu “Tools” or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to...

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Best execution post-RTS 27: Building consensus in the industry

REGULATION December 23, 2021 12:03 PM GMT The removal of RTS 27 execution reports does not negate the importance of best execution, and with the expected regulatory divergence between the UK and EU markets, greater collaboration among market participants to agree on standards is of paramount importance. By Charlotte Decuyper With greater divergence between EU and UK regulators post-Brexit, standards that are...

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The Industry Asks… Quickfire Questions On FIX Latest Standard

With Emma Quinn, Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, AllianceBernstein, and Hanno Klein, FIX Technical Director As part of series of articles by members of the FIX Trading Community, AllianceBernstein’s Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, (and Chair of the FIX Trading Community’s Board of Directors), Emma Quinn, quizzes FIX Technical Director, Hanno Klein, on just what the end of FIX versioning...

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