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May 26th, 2010 – FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) is proud to announce that more financial services firms than ever are choosing to become FPL members. FPL is the non-profit industry association that owns, develops and promotes adoption of the FIX Protocol messaging standard, which has become the language of the world’s financial markets. The work of this important industry-driven initiative has proven fundamental in the development of many of the electronic trading practices that have emerged and driven trading activity over the past decade. FPL’s senior leadership has established membership growth as one of the organisation’s key objectives. FPL currently has 218 member firms, a number that is presently increasing on an almost weekly basis. More than 30 new firms have joined since the beginning of the year, clearly demonstrating the value that FPL membership can bring to companies even during the current uncertain economic climate. The continuous expansion of its membership is important for the organisation as the fresh perspectives that new members firms bring, helps to shape the future development of the FIX Protocol to ensure the functionality it offers effectively supports the evolving needs of the trading community. Recognising the significant role that FPL member firms play in driving future industry developments, in September 2009, FPL created a Global Membership Committee focused on maintaining strong relationships with its existing members, while taking steps to attract new firms to the organisation. To help achieve this goal, in May 2010, FPL appointed Bernie Simon to the position of FPL Membership Relations Manager. Commenting on her recent appointment, Miss. Simon stated “FPL is so much more than just a standard’s body. It offers members opportunities to enhance their industry knowledge, be at the forefront of upcoming developments that drive improved performance, increased efficiencies and cost savings for their firms, raise their company profile and benefit from significant networking opportunities. Firms that choose not to become members of FPL are missing out on so many opportunities, and I look forward to working with these firms to demonstrate how increased involvement will present significant benefit to their business models.” Also commenting on the benefits of membership, Alasdair Haynes, Co-Chair of the FPL Global Membership Committee, CEO, Chi-X Europe Limited stated “To so many firms, FPL Membership is invaluable, the work of the organisation is really shaping the way in which we will trade in the future. It has been estimated that thousands of firms are using FIX across the globe, and I would like to see more of these firms getting involved and benefiting by being able to actively contribute to the protocol’s future development. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome, on behalf of the FPL organisation, Bernie Simon to this important new position.” If your firm would like to find out more about FPL membership please visit www.fixprotocol.org/join or contact Bernie Simon, FPL Membership Relations Manager by email at [email protected] / telephone +44 (0)207 936 9337. About FIX Protocol Ltd FIX Protocol Ltd is a non-profit organisation that owns the intellectual property rights of the Financial Information eXchange Protocol (FIX), which is available free of charge from the FPL website, subject to FPL’s copyright and acceptable use policy. FIX is a globally-recognised messaging standard enabling the electronic communication of pre-trade and trade messages between financial institutions, primarily investment managers, broker-dealers, ECNs and exchanges. For more information, see www.fixprotocol.org. Contact Daniella Baker, Marketing and Communications Manager, FIX Protocol Limited [email protected], +44 (0)20 7936 9334 [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en.
