Meta-Programming & FIX Orchestra

FIX Orchestra is "the full-stop at the end of FIX"

But how do we add value when using FIX Orchestra?  One technique is something that is a little difficult to grasp conceptually at first - meta-programming.

Why your OMS is not loved...

Today I want to focus on one narrow part of the buy-side OMS, the OMS as portfolio management tool. Specifically, order generation (OG)... 

Product Management and Fintech

Interesting topic of a recent conversation. What is Product Management? Specifically within the context of fintech?

Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2019 - Day One

New Frontiers In Bond Trading 

Track Chair:  John Greenan, Chief Executive Officer, Alignment Systems 

Java, Gradle, Shadow and FatJar or UberJar

Say you want to build an executable Jar file - one that can execute from the command line

SBE-FIXP-SOFH with Java and RabbitMQ

We have recently built an SBE-FIXP-SOFH framework in Java with AMQP and other interfaces, initial implementation using RabbitMQ.

Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse switch-off using Windows inside Bootcamp

If you are running an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and/or an Apple Bluetooth Magic Mouse inside Windows in Bootcamp you may find that periodically the keyboard and/or mouse will switch-off.  This is something that can be easily remedied if you know where to look...

Alignment Systems expands team to support demand for front office analytics

Please see excellent article in "The Desk" entitled "Alignment Systems expands team to support demand for front office analytics"

Empowering the front office to generate alpha SIMCORP REGIONAL SUMMIT UK 2019 LONDON, MAY 14

Panel Discussion: Empowering the front office to generate alpha 

Alignment Systems: FIX Trading Community Membership "for services rendered"

Very pleased to see this:

FINTECH SHOWDOWN: Who are the Fintech disruptors of tomorrow and how are they transforming financial trading?

Really looking forward to this: FINTECH SHOWDOWN: Who are the Fintech disruptors of tomorrow and how are they transforming financial trading?

FIX Trading Community - Membership update

New member firm joins the FIX Trading Community
Alignment Systems take on membership 'for services rendered'

Sydney FIX Seminar 2019

Following on from the successful 2018 edition, we will be running a FIX seminar in Sydney around the time of the Sydney FIX conference 

2nd Investment Implementation Summit, Thursday March 28, 2019, Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney

15.10-15.50 Optimising alpha: increasing and measuring trader value-add

As trading functions become more and more automated, the ability of the trading function to ‘add value’ becomes increasingly important. This session will look beyond the technicalities of execution to discuss how you can equip your traders to add maximum value from an investment implementation and alpha generation perspective.

2019 International Fixed Income Trader Forum: 6th March 2019, Vienna - EVOLUTION (OR REVOLUTION) OF SKILLSETS REQUIRED FOR TRADING DESK

14.30 – 15.00 EVOLUTION (OR REVOLUTION) OF SKILLSETS REQUIRED FOR TRADING DESK