FIX Trading Community
FIX Community Sponsors ISIN Study Group
Association helping efforts to standardize OTC markets
Major Adjustments on the MiFIR Front
Chris Pickles of the FIX Trading Community shares his thoughts on the effects of MiFID II postponement and the reasons why it happened
FIX Urges Takeup of V3 of MMT Trade Data Standard
With no single consolidated tape of pan-European data, standards adoption becomes ever-more important.
Data Challenges Force MiFID 2 Delay
European regulator ESMA concluded that the data burden made the original 2017 deadline unfeasible.
Golden Copy: Desperately Seeking Standards
Competing identifier formats, as well as proprietary APIs, raise interest in standardization
Neptune Collaboration to Enhance Standardization, Liquidity to Fixed-Income Markets
Initiative to ease access to fixed-income liquidity through standardized information opens to wider bond markets.
FIX Trading Community Opens Technical Standards Process to Developers
Standards body launches open technical standards process resource to facilitate software development.
Tough Time: MiFID II Clock Synchronization Proposals Seen as Too Harsh
Jock Percy, founder and CEO of managed services provider Perseus, says the Mifid II requirements to sync industry clocks go too far.
FIX Trading Community Launches Regulatory Subgroups in Mifid II Response
Six new subgroups to address technical standards resulting from Mifid II regulatory change.
FIX-ing Liquidity in Fixed Income
Project Neptune aims to help firms access liquidity in fixed income.
2014 Review: ESMA Weighs in on EU Consolidated Tape; Details TBC
While 2014 saw European regulators take important steps towards making a pan-European consolidated tape a reality, market data professionals are still waiting for the crucial details that will shape its implementation.
FIX Unites Market Data, High-Performance Working Groups
Standards body FIX Trading Community has combined its Market Data Optimization Working Group (MDOWG)—the group responsible for developing recommendations for enhancing the FIX Protocol trade messaging format to support market data transmission—with its…
Opening Cross: Raising the ‘Standard’ in Terms of Cooperation
So, the industry may soon have a new standard protocol for market data distribution: and not simply a de facto standard co-opted based on existing uptake, but one specifically designed for market data needs that albeit incorporates the speed and…
FIX Market Data Protocol Spec Nears Completion
FIX Trading Community outlines progress on development of a new, standardized protocol for market data transmission.
Boat Adopts MMT Standards for OTC Trade Reporting
Boat Trade Reporting, which Swedish technology supplier Cinnober Financial Technology acquired earlier this year from Markit, has implemented the full Market Model Typology (MMT) standards for OTC cash equity trade reporting, in an effort to boost data…
Fidessa Launches Trade Affirmation Service for Buy Side
The technology vendor’s new application enables direct trade affirmation between the buy side and sell side
FIX Preps ITCH Data Protocol Integration
Standards association FIX Trading Community is working to incorporate elements of Nasdaq OMX’s ITCH data protocol into the FIX Protocol, to create an industry data standard that combines the efficiency of binary ITCH messages with the flexibility and…
Multi-Bank Group TESI to Adopt Fix Protocol
The Fix Trading Community has announced that the Trading Enablement Standardisation Initiative (TESI), developed by Etrading Software and supported by the investment banking community, has adopted the Fix Protocol guideline in order to reduce operational…
Opening Cross: Market Data at the Movies
They say art imitates life. But does the art form of movie-making imitate data?
FIX Eyes ESMA Talks, User Participation in MMT
Trading standards body FIX Trading Community plans to boost sell-side participation in developing the Market Model Typology trade reporting tag standard, and to broaden the coverage of the standard to new areas, after absorbing the effort under its…
MMT Post-Trade Standard Joins FIX Family
By being under the administration of the FIX Trading Community, it is hoped the Market Model Typology will become more widely used and will benefit from further development
FIX ‘Adopts’ MMT Post-Trade Data Standards
Standards body FIX Trading Community-the organization formerly known as FIX Protocol Ltd, which governs the development of the FIX Protocol-has adopted the Market Model Typology post-trade reporting initiative as a FIX standard, adding support for MMT in…
FIX Trading Community Publishes SEF Guidelines
The FIX Trading Community, formerly FPL, has published guidelines on the exchange of information between broker-dealers and swap execution facilities (SEFs).