Financial Information Exchange (Fix)
Industry aims to Fix patchy exchange outage comms
A Fix working group is hoping to standardise the way that venues communicate with the sell side when tech glitches strike
Fix and FpML: a friendly war
Swap reforms see messaging standards collide
TT reaches retail market through NinjaTrader
Trading Technologies (TT) has signed a partnership with retail trading software supplier NinjaTrader, allowing it to provide access to its exchange gateways to the retail market-place for the first time.
An Exceptional Challenge
Zapping bad trades or just knowing about them when they occur is a high priority at UBS Investment Bank.
Isda and Fix join forces
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and messaging service provider Fix Protocol have formed a joint working group to share information on the development of their respective FpML and Fix messaging standards.
Buy side slow on FpMLtake-up
LONDON - One would be forgiven for thinking that Financial Products Mark-up Language (FpML) is another information exchange standard that has been superseded or has simply run out of steam, given the protocol's low media profile in the wake of the…
FiXing op risk
In a post-Rusnak era, operational risk management is a high priority. Could the Financial Information eXchange messaging standard provide a safety net?
STP - Morgan Stanley Speeds FIX Monitoring
To better manage exposures, the firm realized traffic running through its electronic trading network had to be monitored in real time.
New Market, New OMS Sales Pitch
Baring Asset Management is doing something that a lot of trade order management vendors and market analysts wish the rest of the financial world would do: after implementing a new third-party order management system to replace its older in-house system,…
Open Platform - Not Just An Equity Front-End
The future OMSs will include a stronger fixed income role and maybe even middle- and back-office functions like confirmations and allocations.
Fix for fixed-income uptake remains slow
Buy-side firms are continuing their ‘wait-and-see’ approach when it comes to implementing the Fix protocol to support their fixed-income businesses, according to Fix Protocol Limited (FPL).
Fidelity rolls out Fix for fixed income
Fidelity Investments - a financial information exchange (Fix) pioneer for equities trading - is extending the connectivity protocol to support fixed-income trading for sell-side counterparties.
Taming the FIX connection
With large firms now juggling dozens of FIX connections, industry organizations and vendors are trying to soothe the protocol’s first set of growing pains.
Beyond STP: Staying Connected
Connections sometimes fail. Having a plan for monitoring message flow can be key to STP.
New FIX specs raise challenge to FpML
A new FIX (Financial Information eXchange) specification, version 4.3, has been released that can support fixed income and collective investment vehicles like mutual funds and unit trusts, plus offer more comprehensive coverage for general derivative,…