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What we’ve got here…is failure to communicate (September 28th 2011)

on September 28, 2011

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Fixed Income trading – exchanges/MTFs/SEFs/same old stuff? (September 16th 2011)

on September 15, 2011

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

How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? [183] Last update 11th November 2023] 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.

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.

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

Banks and Car companies

Readers of this blog will probably be aware of the author's love of an analogy, technology, finance and cars.

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.

Middleware, an appreciation….

Throughout my working life the role of middleware has played a crucial part. For many people it’s something of a dark art that is not well understood. This post will set out a description of some use cases, some solutions offered by middleware, a taxonomy of different types of middleware and a forward looking analysis.

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