2018 October 30th On October 30, 2018, the participants of the CAT NMS Plan (“Participants”) published the final version of the CAT Reporting Technical Specifications for Industry Members (“Technical Specifications”). This version incorporates industry feedback submitted to the Participants since publication of the Version 0.6 draft published on September 5, 2018. No further material changes to the...
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The adoption of Crypto Assets into the Institutional Mainstream
By Sean K. Ristau, Co-Chair Digital Currency/Blockchain Working Group, FIX Trading Community and Director of Exchange Integration and Education, Bcause LLC & Jim Northey, Co-Chair Global Technical Committee and Co-Chair High Performance Working Group, FIX Trading Community. Revenue generated from crypto exchanges could more than double to $4bn this year, according to a recent Sanford...
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High Performance FIX for the Web Era – White Paper
The Fintech revolution spawned by alternative payment mechanisms and the creation of cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (“ICO”) has produced a proliferation of new web-based systems. Firms attempted to bridge the gap with REST APIs that software developers are familiar with, but a synchronous request/response architectural style is a poor fit for bidirectional communications needed...
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Reminder – FINRA Changes to FIX Trade Reporting Related to Processing of Execution Time
FINRA reminds clients that beginning Monday, August 20, 2018, a change to all FIX trade reporting related to the processing of execution time during Daylight Savings Time (DST) will go into effect. This update affects clients’ transaction reports for all FINRA Multi Product Platform products (MPP), including TRACE, the OTC Trade Reporting Facility (ORF), and...
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James Leman, FIX pioneer, dies at 72
James Leman, most well know for his input in the development of the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) messaging protocol, passed away unexpectedly. READ MORE
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What to expect at the FIX Nordic Trading Briefing
The 9th FIX Trading Community Nordic Trading Briefing is just around the corner and this year’s conference promises to live up to the event’s reputation for stimulating and informative discussion, with a Nordic twist. MiFID II is on everyone’s minds and we’ll be looking at what market participants need to know to thrive in...
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Navigating low-latency trading technology in India
India has taken a big step forward in widening its low-latency trading community. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in March announced regulatory changes designed to let more firms trade via shared managed colocation services. The move, SEBI said, would benefit small- and medium-sized firms that may have been prohibited from such trading...
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Bringing Cryptocurrency into the Institutional Order Flow – Traders Magazine Online News
With more than 500 cryptocurrency exchanges in the world today and about 1,500 cryptocurrencies, digital assets are truly a global market that has grabbed the attention of everyone from the retail investor to major institutions. But with a market that has literally pulled in millions of individual accounts globally, it has brought in a small...
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MiFID II, Crypto and Front-Office Transformation – the Top Issues Defining 2018: FIX Trading Community Podcast
This FIX Trading Community podcast was recorded at the FIX London Regional Event on the June 27, 2018, hosted by Colt Technologies. Guests include Alex Wolcough, the Director for Appsbroker Fintech Ltd and an active member in the FIX Trading Community MiFID Best Execution Working Group, and Rebecca Healey, Head of EMEA Market Structure &...
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FIX EMEA Regional Co-Chair Position
FIX Trading Community are pleased to announce that Rebecca Healey, Head of EMEA Market Structure and Strategy at Liquidnet will be the new Co-Chair of the EMEA Regional Committee. Rebecca has served as Co-Chair of the FIX Trading Community’s EMEA Regulatory Subcommittee dedicated to addressing real business and regulatory issues impacting multi-asset trading in global...