Working Groups & Subcommittees

It is through committees, subcommittees and working groups that the FIX Trading Community™ identifies the key business and regulatory challenges impacting the industry and develops market-led solutions to drive their resolution. These groups of the FIX Trading Community (“FIX Groups”) are established to meet specific aims for the organisation and the initiatives it oversees. They focus on various capabilities, functions, geographies or have specific project emphasises for example exploring emerging industry trends or technologies.

FIX Groups offer a neutral industry forum encouraging open discussion and participation from all members. Taking part delivers great value to the individuals and firms involved, enabling members to enhance their understanding of key issues, help shape outcomes, gain access to information in advance of the wider community, and benefit from significant relationship-building opportunities.

View Initiatives in progress

Interested in joining a FIX Group?  Click on ‘Request Membership’ next to the group(s) that you are interested in joining.  (Note some FIX Groups are subject to participation requirements.)

Business Processes & Functionality

Technical Standards & Tooling

Regional Governance

Education, Marketing & Events

Inactive Groups

The groups listed below are not currently active and are listed here to provide access to their content archives.

Business Processes & Functionality

Technical Standards & Tooling

Regional Governance

Education, Marketing & Events

Participation in FIX Groups

Historically, committees, sub-committees and working groups have only been open to participants from FIX member firms, but non-member firms may be invited to participate as a way to pull in additional expertise from the industry. In order to protect the integrity and revenue of the FIX Trading Community the FIX Global Steering Committee has agreed to the following policy for sub-committee/working group participation from Non-Members:

• Upon development of a new sub-committee or working group, participation will be open to members and non-members for the first 2 months or a maximum of 4 meetings, whichever occurs first.
• At the end of the 2 month/4 meeting period all non-member participants will be removed from the groups, unless there is demonstrable proof that their firm is in the process of attaining membership.
• Individual non-members can be invited to join a sub-committee or working group as either a guest or as a Subject Matter Expert for the duration of a working group’s activities. This invitation is personal and cannot be transferred to anyone else in their firm. These invitations are at the discretion of the co-chairs of the working groups and/or the Membership Manager.
• Non-members, as well as membership debtors, will be notified prior to the end of the trial participation period. Membership information, applications and invoices will be disseminated in order to give them an opportunity to officially formalize their FIX Trading Community membership, before formally removing from a group.
• Non-member firms will only be allowed to request participation in a new FIX sub-committee or working group, one time per calendar year.

Intellectual Property

If Members participate in a FIX Trading Community Committee, Subcommittee or Working Group, any IP created or generated through such participation is created for the benefit of the Committee, Subcommittee or Working Group, is created outside the general course of employment, and . Members will execute all documents and do all such acts as may be reasonably necessary to give effect to the terms of this clause, including after cessation of membership for any reason.  All meetings are conducted under the Standardization IP Policy of FIX.

Competition Law Statement

FIX is committed to the full respect of all applicable laws, including competition law. It requires members and their representatives to observe a similar commitment. In participating in a FIX activity, each FIX member and its representatives must avoid any action, decision or agreement that is contrary to any applicable law, including competition law, or which might be seen as a failure to comply with any other applicable law.

FIX directs members and their representatives to read the FIX competition compliance policy.

This policy is applicable to all FIX activities, including meetings (e.g. of committees, working groups, technical groups, and sub-groups), social functions, and communication (whether by representatives of FIX or its members), representation at industry functions, use of the FIX website, consultation and guidance on market and regulatory developments and the collection and distribution of statistics and other information related to the industries and sectors in which it and its members operate.

Failure to adhere to these principles may result in a person being excluded from FIX or specific FIX activities, and/or in a report being made to the appropriate regulatory authority.