The Fixed Income Connectivity Working Group (FICWG) of leading sell side banks has today committed to further increase transparency and efficiency in the cash bond markets by the promotion of open, standardized protocols for the electronic trading of cash fixed income products.The FICWG initiative was...
Following the success of the 2011 summit, this year's European Trading Architecture Summit aims to become the most technologically focused event for the financial services in Europe. It is an opportunity for technologists from investment banks and financial firms as well as technology vendors...
Initiative led by 13 investment banks has gathered the support of the principle fixed income trading venues expected to register as SEFs under the Dodd-Frank legislation The Fixed Income Connectivity Working Group of leading sell side banks (FICWG) welcomes the overwhelmingly positive response shown by the...
Historically, a large percentage of OTC fixed income derivative trades have been bilateral deals arranged via a sell-side broker. The recently passed US Dodd Frank Act looks set to bring significant change in fixed income, shifting a considerable volume of such deals on to regulated...
Major sell side firms see the potential for the FIX protocol to become the electronic trading standard for emerging swap execution facilities in the OTC derivatives market, according to Courtney Doyle McGuinn, FPL Operations Director, who spoke with Wall street & Technology at the SIFMA event...
FIX Protocol Limited (FPL), the non-profit industry association that owns, develops and promotes the FIX Protocol, welcomes the decision by a consortium of 12 leading investment banks to jointly engage with existing and emerging fixed-income market venues and ISVs to promote increased use of the FIX...
Today, a new Working Group of leading sell side banks has been established to engage with ECNs, Exchanges and ISVs to promote the global use of FIX and other industry standards across all fixed income products. The Working Group members include: BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital,...
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