FPL:About FIX Protocol Limited (FPL)

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FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) (http://www.fixprotocol.org) oversees and manages the development of the FIX Protocol specification and encourages its use throughout the industry. The success of the FIX Protocol is primarily due to the voluntary efforts of its member firms from the buy-side, sell-side, vendor, exchange/ECN and regulatory communities who work together to help achieve the FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) mission statement: "To improve the global trading process by defining, managing and promoting an open protocol for real-time, electronic communication between industry participants, while complementing industry standards."

Technical and business professionals from FPL member firms coordinate their activities and organize their work through a series of committees, subcommittees, and working groups, all overseen by a Global Steering Committee (GSC). The GSC, along with the Global Technical Committee (GTC), aims to ensure consistency of protocol application as it is extended into new markets, asset classes, and phases of the trade lifecycle. In addition to rigorous engineering and technical efforts undertaken to ensure the ongoing applicability of the protocol to financial-market systems, the FIX Protocol benefits from an energetic educational and marketing effort that seeks to keep the specification viable, relevant, and responsive to the needs of market participants.

We look forward to your participation. If your firm is not currently a member of FPL, additional information about becoming a member is available at: http://www.fixprotocol.org/join/.

For a current list of FPL Member firms, visit: http://www.fixprotocol.org/members/

For a current list of active FPL Working Groups, visit: http://www.fixprotocol.org/working_groups/

Links to Product and Regional Committees' web pages are at: http://www.fixprotocol.org/committees/