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Why your OMS is not loved...

on December 05, 2019

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Product Management and Fintech

on December 05, 2019

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Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2019 - Day One

on September 04, 2019

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Java, Gradle, Shadow and FatJar or UberJar

on August 07, 2019

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SBE-FIXP-SOFH with Java and RabbitMQ

on June 25, 2019

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on May 30, 2019

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Alignment Systems expands team to support demand for front office analytics

on May 30, 2019

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

on May 03, 2019

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

on April 21, 2019

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

on April 21, 2019

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FIX Trading Community - Membership update

on March 27, 2019

FIX FIX Network FIX Orchestra FIX Testing and Certification FIXP SBE SOFH trading

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Sydney FIX Seminar 2019

on March 25, 2019

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

on February 24, 2019

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

on February 24, 2019

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Tradetech Paris 24th - 25th April 2019 "Innovation, the Italian Job, Machiavelli and 4 songs"

on February 24, 2019

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FIX Trading Community EMEA Conference 14th March 2019

on February 24, 2019

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Graal VM: Game Changer!

on February 24, 2019

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FIX Training London 2019

on January 02, 2019

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FIX Training Toronto 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training New York 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training Melbourne 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training Sydney 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training Singapore 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training Geneva 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training Zurich 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX Training Frankfurt 2019

on January 01, 2019

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FIX training Paris 2019

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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 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.

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

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.

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

Over the years this has been a big topic which has been bounced back and forth. In response to this debate, some thoughts… If you have a fintech start-up do you need a marquee client?

Middleware: RESTful interfaces ActiveMQ vs RabbitMQ vs Solace Systems

One use-case for Message Oriented Middleware is to provide a RESTful endpoint. This post looks at some options for how to do this for a specific use case:

Fintech Interview: Thomas Kim - CEO, Enfusion

A slight change of pace, a series of interviews with interesting people within the Fintech space. First up, Thomas Kim of Enfusion...

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.

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