[This message was posted by FPL Program Office of FIX Protocol Ltd. <[email protected]> to the "Announcements" discussion forum at http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/30.]
FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) is proud to announce that the first draft of the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol version 5.0 Service Pack 2 is now available for public download and comment from the FPL website at http://www.fixprotocol.org/fix5.0sp2drafts. FIX 5.0 Service Pack 2 includes 19 Extension Packs, each of which enhances the current functionality delivered by FIX 5.0 Service Pack 1. The Extension Packs were created as a result of FIX community market-driven initiatives that have undergone a thorough public review process led by both the FPL Global Technical Committee and Global Exchanges and Markets Committee. The committees continue to improve the specification process to ensure that FPL meets its goal of delivering appropriate messaging standard solutions for the rapidly changing financial markets. Major enhancements provided by FIX 5.0 Service Pack 2 include: - CFTC Enhancements for Trade Capture Report - London Stock Exchange Enhancements - Option Clearing Corp. Delta Position Limit Enhancements - Enhancements for NYMEX Energy Products - Exchange Floor Generated Market Data Proposal - Enhancements for Credit Default Swaps Clearing - GFXC Enhancements to Support Non-Deliverable Forwards - NYMEX Extension to UnitOfMeasure - Enhancements to support Exotic Options - Pre-Trade Stream Assignment Proposal - Party and Risk Limit Reference Data Proposal The FPL Global Technical Committee welcomes industry comments and feedback on FIX 5.0 Service Pack 2. Once all feedback has been compiled and implemented, a second Release Candidate will be made available for comment before the final release. All feedback should be posted to the following dedicated discussion forum http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/121. The comment period for Release Candidate 1 is now open and will run for two weeks concluding Monday, March 16th. Release Candidate 2 is scheduled to be posted on on Friday, March 27, 2009, with the comment period ending on April 10, 2009. The final version of FIX 5.0 SP2 is scheduled to be released on April 20th, 2009. Please note - all first draft documents are marked "RC1." Again any feedback should be posted to the following discussion forum: http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/121. We thank you in advance. Regards, FPL Program Office Phone: + 1 212 652 4469 www.fixprotocol.org [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
