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Fixed Income Trading: New venues ( How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? )

on December 27, 2014

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How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? [182] Last update 3rd January 2025] A simple question came up recently in a conversation – how many new Fixed Income trading venues are there? I could not think of anywhere that maintained a comprehensive list, so I decided to try and put something together. A global list of Fixed Income Trading Venues with a change log

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Controversial viewpoint: As a fintech start-up you need followship more than leadership

on November 11, 2023

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Controversial viewpoint: As a fintech start-up you don't need or want a marquee client

on October 23, 2023

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What does a 21st Century Exchange matching engine look like? (part three)

on October 17, 2023

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FIX Recommended Practices - 24x7 Sessions

on September 06, 2023

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What does a 21st Century Exchange matching engine look like? part two...

on September 05, 2023

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What does a 21st Century Exchange matching engine look like?

on August 30, 2023

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Farewell my old friend...

on August 13, 2022

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Fintech: Dignity in defeat

on June 02, 2022

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Fintech Interview: Spence Maclean, Founder - Bond Auction

on April 11, 2022

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QuestDB

on November 26, 2021

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Pyth.network. Crawl, walk, run...

on November 26, 2021

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Solana - Hello World

on November 23, 2021

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Open Door Policy...

on October 22, 2021

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Fintech Interview: Sean Bowen, CEO - Push Technology

on June 18, 2021

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Fintech Interview: Kevin Mak, Co-Founder, Ironfly Technologies

on January 21, 2021

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2020 at Alignment Systems - catch-up on content you may have missed...

on December 21, 2020

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John Greenan joins FIX Global Technical Committee Governance Board

on December 17, 2020

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Fintech Interview: Jean-Philippe Malé, CEO, BidFX

on December 14, 2020

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Fintech Interview: Santiago Braje, CEO, Katana Labs

on December 11, 2020

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What does Alignment Systems do...

on December 09, 2020

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Revolution #9

Fixed Income Trading: New venues ( How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? )

How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? [182] Last update 3rd January 2025] A simple question came up recently in a conversation – how many new Fixed Income trading venues are there? I could not think of anywhere that maintained a comprehensive list, so I decided to try and put something together. A global list of Fixed Income Trading Venues with a change log

Excel RTD Server implementation in C#......Part 1

I have not written much C# recently but I've had two conversations recently on the topic of RTD Server implementations so I thought I'd try and refresh my memory.

What's the difference between an EMS and an OMS?

Suggestion: it’s directional, asset-class and/or execution style related… If you got here from google - try also OMS and EMS

What is a FIX engine? [Updated]

In a number of consulting roles over the years I've been asked this question. It's something that I still get asked so I'll describe my view. First, some history on the firms in the FIX engine market sector, then some narrative.

Windows equivalent of UNIX "touch" command

A fairly standard operation in *nix world is the command touch. Touch changes file dates, so it's an easy way to kick off backup jobs or similar that use file modification times. Windows doesn't have an exact analogue, but a functionally similar feature exists within PowerShell.

COM and .net, FIX and ITCH/OUCH

Most posts on here are clearly sat in either technology or business. This is a rare one that uses technology as a way to look at business.

The market data product that the global financial services industry really wants....

On a number of projects I have had to work with numerous datasets.

Excel RTD Server implementation in C#......Part 2

This is a follow up to Excel RTD Server implementation in C#......Part 1

Python versus VBScript

A diversion from the normal discourse on here, a language comparison. Disclosure: I have been using VBScript for years, I have designed a couple of systems that embedded the VBScript.ocx into a three-tier architecture system to provide an extensible method for creating business logic.

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