The FIX Trading Community, the standards body behind the Financial Information eXchange electronic trading protocol, is taking on cybersecurity via the release of the FIX-over- the Transport Layer Security (TLS) (FIXS) standard and guidelines. The effort is to help users of the FIX Protocol meet security requirements “as it introduces a basic level of security… Read More >>
A New Warrior in the FIX-for-Post-Trade Crusade
Meet Alpha Omega Financial Systems, a new warrior in the FIX-for-post-trade crusade. The San Francisco-based startup is driven by the belief that the FIX protocol will eliminate manual systems and deliver new efficiencies to operations. The company argues that firms can cut their post-trade costs for equity transactions by 30% if they extend their FIX-based… Read More >>
Bitcoin Exchange Using FIX API
Coinsetter, a low latency bitcoin exchange and electronic communication network (ECN), is the first such company to launch an application programming interface (API) for the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) electronic trading communications protocol, according to a Coinsetter statement. Coinsetter’s FIX 4.4 API allows its customers to connect existing trading systems to a consolidated source of… Read More >>
QuickFIX Creators Honored
Electronic marketplace vendor Connamara Systems and an engineering team from software and technology provider Thoughtworks have been honored with awards from the FIX Trading Community standards group for their roles in establishing the QuickFIX Open Source Project. The FIX Trading Community is recognizing Connamara and Thoughtworks for the impact their efforts had upon the global… Read More >>
