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News and Publications
- Register Today! FPL Latin America Regional Meeting, Sao Paulo, May 23rd
- Join FPL in Sao Paulo to review FIX usage in Latin America, listen to a buyside/sellside panel where representatives will discuss the market and new stock exchanges. The new BRIX Electricity Exchange will also provide a presentation. Click here for more details and here to register.
[11 May 2012]
- Speakers Announced for the FPL Canadian Trading Conference, June 5th
- The lineup of over 40 impartial indsutry leaders who have been selected to speak at the FPL Canadian Trading Conference on June 5th has now been announced! The speakers will provide an educational forum, encouraging lively debate and audience participation centered around current topics affecting firms trading in Canada. Click to view the event agenda and the full list of confirmed speakers.
[2 May 2012]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- We are pleased to report that the number of financial firms choosing to join the global FPL community continues to increase. This growth provides mutual benefits as new members bring fresh ideas and perspectives to our many initiatives under development. FPL would like to welcome the following new firms for April:
ETLogic
ING Commercial Banking
Zeptonics Pty Ltd
[1 May 2012]
- FPL Releases Industry Developed FIX Guidelines for Global Post-Trade Processing
- FPL announces the release of industry developed FIX guidelines to enhance the global equity post-trade process between the buy-side and sell-side, creating the potential for the industry to benefit from increased availability, improved risk management, enhanced transparency, reduced costs and increased efficiencies.
[2 April 2012]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- During 2011, 63 new members joined the FPL community, over the past two years FPL membership has increased by 40%. FPL would like to welcome the following new firms for March:
E2E Infotec
GFI Group
Intel
ONX Enterprise Solutions
Trading Technologies
[30 March 2012]
- EMEA Trading Conference Successfully Brings Together European Trading Community
- On March 13th, FPL welcomed more than 800 market participants at the 4th annual EMEA Trading Conference. Offering a day of education and networking in the heart of the City of London, the event closed with its ever-popular cocktail party kindly sponsored by BT and CME Group. FPL would like to thank all of the event’s sponsors and the EMEA Governance Board members who worked diligently to prepare for the event.
FPL would also like to congratulate the following prize draw winners:
• Max Raposio, Neonet Securities and Sergio Marchetti, J.P. Morgan won signed copies of Ian Botham’s biography
• EPAM prize, an iPad won by Tim Billinge of Correlix
• Rapid Addition prize, a bottle of Champagne won by Maria Netley, RBS
• Volante prize of a Trek Hybrid Road Bike won by a representative of the investment management community.
FPL is now looking forward to the additional events planned for the region in 2012
[21 March 2012]
- FPL Releases Support to Advance Fixed Income Trading Following Regulatory Reform
- To encourage standardised, cost effective and efficient connectively to emerging Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), FPL has announced the availability of best practices recommendations and advanced FIX functionality to support the trading of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and Interest Rate Swaps (IRS).
[19 March 2012]
- Less than one week to go until the 2012 EMEA Trading Conference
- Register today for FPL’s largest event – the EMEA Trading Conference. Taking place on 13th March in London, this event will bring together senior participants from across the EMEA region for a day of education, debate and networking in the heart of the city. An allocation of FREE passes is available to all FPL Member firms and representatives of the buy-side.
[8 March 2012]
- FPL Mexico Trading Briefing 2012 – Thank You to Everyone Who Attended!
- We held our second regional briefing in Mexico yesterday. The event was a great success with representatives from the local and global trading communities coming together at a forum for education and debate in the heart of Mexico City. FPL would like to thank all attendees, speakers, sponsors and working group members for helping to make this event so successful.
[2 March 2012]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- During 2011, 63 new members joined the FPL community, over the past two years FPL membership has increased by 40%. FPL would like to welcome the following new firms for February:
C24 Technologies
FIXAffirm
Nigerian Stock Exchange
Oslo Bors ASA
Upgraded to Premier Global Membership:
IRESS
[1 March 2012]
- Register Today! FPL Canada Regional Meeting, Montreal
- Register today to attend the FPL Canada Regional Meeting in Montreal on the 8th of March. This meeting will focus on Derivatives and the Trade Repository, to view the full agenda click here. To register for this event click here.
[9 February 2012]
- Please tell us what you think about the FPL website
- FPL is commencing a project to update its website and as a site visitor we welcome your feedback on the site. We have prepared a short survey that will take just a couple of minutes to complete. To access the survey please click here.
[8 February 2012]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- During 2011, 63 new members joined the FPL community, over the past two years FPL membership has increased by 40%. FPL would like to welcome the following new firms for November and December:
Burgundy
Cape City Command LLC
Commerzbank
cTrader
Esprow
Interxion
Kanokod
MTS Markets
Streambase
TrueSEF
Tullet Prebon
[13 December 2011]
- Global Sponsorship Opportunities for 2012 FPL Events are Now Available!
- We are pleased to announce that the FPL Events Calendar 2012 has now been published on the FPL website. Sponsorship opportunities are now available to FPL Premier Global Member firms until Friday 13th January when they will become available to FPL Regular Member firms. To learn more about the FPL 2012 events,
please click here
[8 December 2011]
- FPL Americas Trading Conference 2011: Last chance to Register
- We expect over 550+ attendees at this full-day event on 1st November. FREE pass allocation for all FPL Member Firms and buy-side representatives. Online registration closes on Monday 31st October so don't miss out.Click
here to register today
[28 October 2011]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- Membership to FPL is continually growing. This growth is great for the organization and FPL's work is shaping the future of our markets. Join us in welcoming the following new member firms who became FPL members during the month of October:
Svenska Handelsbanken AB
Fidel Troika Dialog - CJSC Investment Company
[25 October 2011]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- Membership to FPL is continually growing. This growth is great for the organization and FPL's work is shaping the future of our markets. Join us in welcoming the following new member firms who became FPL members during the month of September:
BVI
Fidel Softech Pvt Ltd.
Global FX Management Trading
Wellington Management Company
[4 October 2011]
- Call For Participation: FPL Launches A Nordic Subcommittee To More Effectively Support Local Trading Requirements
- To enable FPL to develop a stronger understanding of the electronic trading needs and educational requirements of the Swedish, Finish, Norwegian and Danish trading communities, it will be creating a Nordic subcommittee. The initial meeting of this group will take place in Stockholm at 10am on September 15th. For more information please email FPL@fixprotocol.org
[26 August 2011]
- FIX Inter-Party Latency Working Group Shortlisted for Prestigious Financial News Award
- FPL is honoured that the FIX Inter-Party Latency (FIXIPL) Working Group has been shortlisted in the ‘Editor’s Choice’ category for the highly celebrated ‘Financial News Excellence in Trading and Technology Awards'.
[1 August 2011]
- Call For Participation: FPL Trade Data Standardisation Group
- The MiFID review has raised concerns around post-trade transparency. The Market Model Typology (MMT), initiated by FESE with the support of leading data vendors, aims to reduce the level of complexity of equity market data and significantly improve market transparency, by standardising trade flags across trading venues in Europe. As FPL’s membership represents the cross section of firms that will be using the consolidated trading data, the MMT Steering Committee are keen to work with FPL to gain member firm advice on how the new standards should be applied. The MMT Steering Committee will engage with members of the newly formed FPL Trade Data Standardisation Group, if you would be interested in participating please contact the FPL Program Office (fpl@fixprotocol.org)
[25 July 2011]
- Call For Participation: FPL Launches A German Subcommittee To More Effectively Support Local Trading Requirements
- To enable FPL to develop a stronger understanding of the electronic trading needs and educational requirements of the German trading community, it will be creating a German Subcommittee. The initial meeting will take place on August 23rd. For further information please contact the FPL Program Office (FPL@fixprotocol.org)
[17 July 2011]
- FPL Webcast Focused on Changes in the Clearing Landscape
- On June 23rd FPL brought together a panel of experts to discuss the changes taking place within the clearing landscape at the EMEA Quarterly Meeting, kindly hosted by BT. To access a webcast of this event please click here.
[6 July 2011]
- FPL Welcomes New Member Firms
- Membership to FPL is continually growing. This growth is great for the organization and FPL's work is shaping the future of our markets. Join us in welcoming the following new member firms who became FPL members during the months of May and June:
ASIC
Baader Bank AktiengesellschaftBalmoral AdvisoryBolsa de Valores de Columbia
CIBC World Markets INC
Guosen Securities Ltd
IPC Systems
Liquidity Book
Proquote
Prudential Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd
QuantHouse
The Piccadilly Group
[1 July 2011]
- Call For Participation: Risk Mitigation Symbology
- The FPL Americas Buy-Side Working Group welcomes the participation of other FPL member firms in its current initiative focused on risk mitigation. The initiative focuses on increasing the use of test symbology for all electronically traded asset types to encourage more secure, reliable and compliant business processes. If you would like to find out more about this initiative and get involved please contact the FPL Program Office (fpl@fixprotocol.org).
[30 June 2011]
- FPL Buy-Side Representatives Create Best Practices Around Execution Venue Reporting
- FPL launched Buy-Side Working Groups in the Americas, EMEA and Asia
Pacific regions and one issue they prioritized was an inconsistent response from the broker-dealer community with regards to broker reporting of the execution venue on each fill. As a result, they have created a rules of engagement / best practices document to help resolve these challenges. Please also see the press release.
[15 February 2011]
- FPL Responds to 3 Way Trade Confirmation and Settlement Window Proposal
- FPL responded to a recently published proposal written by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) tri-party repo reform task force. This proposal describes operational procedures that will be mandatory for all participants in tri-party repo financing.
[14 January 2011]
- FPL Releases Standardized Guidelines for Risk Management
- FPL today announced the completion of an initial set of guidelines which recommends risk management best practices in electronic trading for institutional market participants. The guidelines can be accessed via the link above. Please also see the press release.
[10 January 2011]
- Call For Participation: FPL Launches A Middle Eastern Subcommittee
- To enable FPL to develop a stronger understanding of the electronic trading needs and educational requirements of the Middle Eastern markets FPL would like to create a Middle Eastern Subcommittee. This group will work closely with FPL to enable the organisation to effectively support the region’s trading community and in late January 2011 deliver the inaugural FPL Middle Eastern Briefing ensuring that the topics addressed and the formulation of the day truly addresses local requirements.
For further information about this group please contact fpl@fixprotocol.org
[27 November 2010]
- FPL Submits a Proposal to CESR for an Industry Led Solution for the Establishment of an European Consolidated Tape
- FPL has submitted a proposal for an industry led solution for the establishment of a Consolidated Tape Delivery Authority (CTDA) to oversee the delivery and governance of the European Consolidated Tape. This response was submitted following publication of the ‘CESR Technical Advice to the European Commission in the Context of the MiFID Review – Equity Markets’. For further details about this announcement please select the link above.
[18 November 2010]
- Call for Participation: FPL Launches FIX High Frequency Trading Working Group
- As the financial services industry continues to witness increased use of high frequency trading interfaces it has been proposed that the use of a standardised protocol in this space would prove significantly beneficial. To meet this demand FPL will be formulating a FIX for High Frequency Trading Working Group to develop a highly efficient and very concise protocol for electronic trading, which is optimised to support very high frequency trading, but which can scale up to support even the most complex instructions. For further information about this group please email fpl@fixprotocol.org
[16 November 2010]
- Progress through Collaboration: A New Investment Roadmap
- FPL has worked alongside FpML, ISITC, SWIFT, XBRL and FISD and is proud to announce the publication of an updated Investment Roadmap. The roadmap’s purpose is to provide market participants with consistent direction when using financial services messaging standards by visually mapping the protocols to their appropriate business processes across asset classes. To view the press release announcing this important industry development please click here
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