The FIX Global Electronic Trading Journal december 2009 / january 2010 to view here

Created by senior representatives of the FPL EMEA Regional Committee, to provide a forum where the real issues, challenges and opportunities impacting the region’s trading community will be addressed, the second annual EMEA Trading Conference, taking place in London on 23rd March is shaping up to be the region’s ‘must-attend’ trading event of 2010! To secure your place and for full event details please click here.

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In 2010 FPL plans to host its annual FPL Americas and Canadian Electronic Trading Conferences and is interested in receiving proposals from companies that specialise in conducting event management in the financial services and financial technology sector, within the Americas region. Please click here to access the RFP. All responses are due by Friday, February 5th

FPL is proud to announce the release of a report entitled ‘The Benefits of the FIX Protocol’. The report has been produced by Oxera, one of Europe’s leading independent economic consultancies. The results of the report detail the significant and beneficial impact the FIX Protocol has on global trading practices and its future potential. To view the press release for further details please click here and to download the full report please click here

Rapid Addition has added IBM’s low latency messaging technology to its list of supported message transport protocols.

This extends the options available to clients for integration with RA-Cheetah, Rapid Addition’s ultra-low latency FIX engine, and its FIX adapted for streaming (FAST) data compression gateway and hub, RA-Quantum.

The benefits include support for the high-volume, low-latency requirements where speed of data delivery is paramount. This is enabled as reliable multicast messaging and reliable unicast messaging, along with support for Infiniband chip technology.

RA-Cheetah is the world’s fastest FIX engine, with sustained average latency of under 10μs, while RA-Quantum is capable of sub-microsecond compression and decompression of market data.

The financial information exchange (FIX) protocol is a series of messaging specifications for the electronic communication of trade-related messages. Banks, broker-dealers, exchanges, industry utilities and associations, institutional investors and information technology providers around the world developed it.

FIX Protocol is a non-profit organisation that owns the intellectual property rights of FIX which is provided free in the public domain.

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Join FPL at the Americas Quarterly Meeting on December 10th in Boston to explore market structure and how variables such as regulation, high frequency trading and dark pools are impacting trading strategies. For further event information please click here.

Sponsorship and exhibitor packages are available for the 6th Annual FPL Americas Electronic Trading Conference taking place November 4th and 5th at the Marriott Marquis, New York. For further event information please click here