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

on November 11, 2023

FinTech management

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

on October 23, 2023

Activity Based Costing Economics FinTech Product Management

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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

exchange trading FIX FIX Network FIX Orchestra FIX Testing and Certification trading

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

on September 05, 2023

Eclipse exchange trading FIX FIXP Gradle Java matching engine SBE SOFH

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

on August 30, 2023

comedy exchange trading FIX matching engine

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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

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.

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

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.

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.

EMS: Consolidation?

Time to return to a favourite topic of this blog - the Execution Management System . It's a market sector that looks set for some pretty drastic changes with the impact of MIFID2 and continued reduction in execution commissions impacting adversely...

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