Financial information exchange (Fix)
UL Bridge FIX 5.0 Compliant
Ullink, a Paris-based provider of connectivity and trading solutions, has made its UL Bridge connectivity platform compliant with FIX 5.0, the preferred communication protocol for swap execution facilities (SEFs).
FIX Trading Community Updates Bond and Swaps Platform Guidelines
The industry-driven standards body has incorporated best practices for cross-asset trading, legal entity identifiers, central counterparty clearing, and electronic booking of voice trades into its new guidelines, ahead of full implementation of US swaps…
Nordea Implements SimCorp's Broker Strategy Function
Nordea's Investment Management arm, which executes with an array of ten brokers, has streamlined its trading operations with the new tool, part of SimCorp's Dimension order management solution.
FixSpec Establishes FIX Testing Utility
Service and utility provider FixSpec has set up a multi-venue certification service for developers working on FIX applications.
FIX Protocol Pens Electronic Bonds Trading Best Practices
FIX Protocol (FPL), the industry standards organization for global electronic trading, has released a new set of guidelines for best practices in electronic bonds trading.
No Easy FIX: Brokers Eye Outsourcing FIX Connections
FIX costs have long been a thorn in the side of more than a few brokers. While many still insist on managing their FIX connectivity internally, others have chosen to outsource this service to third-party providers. The question remains: Is the benefit…
Nasdaq Preps ITCH, FIX Feeds for NLX
New interest-rate derivatives market will offer a choice of a low-latency, high-bandwidth ITCH feed, or simplicity of connectivity via the FIX Protocol
Nordic Markets' Robot Wars
While the rest of Europe continues to suffer from the ongoing financial crisis, the Nordic markets have been a relative safe haven, benefiting from technological savvy to enjoy steady growth. By Steve Dew-Jones
FIX Group Standardizing Venue Data
The sell side is all over the map when it comes to execution venue data that it provides to clients. FIX is trying to fix that.
FIX Protocol Offers Connectivity Solution for Some, But Not All SEFs
The open Financial Information Exchange Protocol (FIX) will allow a relatively painless connectivity method for order book Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), but not those that operate on a request-for-quote (RFQ) basis, says the latest research from…
The Quiet Side of Reform
While regulation grabs headlines, the work that goes on around accommodating new rules, just as important as the process of making laws, is often quietly discussed despite great efforts involved. Ongoing standardization aims to ease the birth of new…
Major Banks Complete Swap Trading Standard
The Fixed Income Connectivity Working Group (FICWG) has agreed on a set of standards for the way in which participants in swap trades will interact with execution venues, ahead of regulatory reform.
RBS Joins SunGard's Valdi for Futures and Options
Valdi provides automated and algorithmic trade execution, FIX connectivity and risk management.
Emerging Markets See Strength in Numbers for Data Distribution
With investor interest in emerging markets still strong, emerging market exchanges are using alliances with their peers and with established exchanges and technology providers, and technology standards to expand their international reach.
Greenline Adds Support for Canadian Data Protocols
Move will extend the vendor's FIX message and latency monitoring solutions, and exchange simulation tools to Canadian datafeeds.
Exchanges, Opra to Ditch FAST Protocol
The FIX/FAST Protocol -- developed to help reduce the rising bandwidth consumed by growing options data volumes -- is being scrapped in response to new data delivery paradigms and a lawsuit against exchanges and vendors utilizing the standard's data…
Rapid Addition Partners with Extol for LatAm
FIX specialist will help with product distribution.
Cleartrade Exchange Implements FIX 5.0
New version of trading platform utilizes industry standard.
FPL Releases FIX Guidelines for Post-Trade Processing
The guidelines will facilitate the adoption of FIX standards for equity post-trade processing.
Saxo Bank Takes Rapid Addition's FIX Engine
RA-Cheetah implemented for ultra-low latency.
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